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1/2 Stater - Lysimachos Kolchis imitation
| Issuer | Bastarnae Celto-Scythians |
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| Year | 100 BC - 1 BC |
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| Value | 1/2 Stater = 10 Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylized and barbarized head of Athena facing right, wearing an Attic helmet rendered in a schematic, abstract manner characteristic of Celtic and Scytho-Celtic coinage. The eye is depicted as a concentric circle or ball, a hallmark of the Kolchis imitation tradition derived from the original Lysimachos stater prototype. The facial features and helmet crest are reduced to geometric forms, reflecting the artistic conventions of the issuing people rather than Hellenistic naturalism. |
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| Reverse description | Stylized, heavily barbarized figure of Athena Nikephoros seated to the left, derived from the reverse type of the Lysimachos stater. A transverse spear is visible in the background. The letter N appears in the inner left field and the letter H below the throne, while a trident symbol is placed to the left in the exergue. The surrounding legend, originally reading BASILEOS LYSIMAXOU on the Hellenistic prototype, has been entirely degraded into a series of hash marks or strokes, reflecting the progressive abstraction typical of Celto-Scythian imitative coinage. |
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| Mintage | ND (100 BC - 1 BC) |
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