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1/2 Stater - Lysimachos Kolchis imitation
| Issuer | Bastarnae Celto-Scythians |
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| Year | 100 BC - 100 AD |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylised and degenerate effigy of Lysimachos facing right, rendered in a bold, schematic Celtic idiom: the head is depicted with strongly curved, pellet-adorned hair locks radiating outward, a large circular eye, and a simplified facial profile. A single pellet appears in the right field. The overall artistic treatment reflects a progressive barbarisation of the original Hellenistic prototype, characteristic of Celto-Scythian coinage of the Pontic region. |
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| Reverse description | Crude and schematised representation of Athena Nikephoros seated to left, holding a small standing male figure (Nike) in her extended right hand and a transverse spear resting over her left shoulder, closely following the reverse type of Lysimachos staters. Flanking the central figure on both left and right are vertical columns of oblong pellets, replacing the original legend. Serving as an exergual line, a trident symbol appears below, oriented to the left. The overall style is markedly barbarised, with the original Hellenistic iconography reduced to schematic linear and pellet-based forms. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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