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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 stylized and abstracted effigy of the deified Alexander the Great facing right, derived from the Lysimachos stater prototype. The head is rendered in a bold, globular Celto-Scythian barbarous style, with the characteristic horn of Ammon reduced to a schematic curved element. A radiating arc of pellets frames the portrait, replacing the fine hair locks of the Hellenistic original, while vestigial decorative elements appear in the upper field. |
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| Reverse description | Stylized figure of Athena Nikephoros enthroned to the right, heavily abstracted in the local barbarous tradition derived from the Lysimachos stater reverse. The throne, figure, and Nike attribute are reduced to schematic linear forms. A trident symbol appears in the exergue at left. The flanking inscription, originally reading BASILEOS LYSIMACHOU in Greek, has been fully degraded into a series of hash marks and pseudo-letters, retaining only the general arrangement of the prototype legend. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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