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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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| Weight | 3.13 g |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylized and barbarized effigy of the deified Alexander the Great facing right, derived from the Lysimachos stater prototype. The head is rendered in a bold Celtic-Scythian artistic idiom, with schematized curvilinear hair depicted as a series of pellets and comma-shaped locks arranged around the crown and nape. A diadem, reduced to a geometric angular band, encircles the head above the brow. The facial features — eye, nose, and chin — are rendered in a pronounced, abstracted manner characteristic of Celto-Scythian die engraving. The flan is irregular and slightly ragged at the edges, consistent with the hand-struck hammered technique employed by steppe and northern Black Sea region workshops. |
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| Reverse description | Highly stylized and barbarized rendering of Athena Nikephoros seated left, closely derived from the Lysimachos stater type but heavily degenerated in the Celto-Scythian tradition. The seated figure retains vestiges of the original iconographic program — spear, shield, and Nike — though these elements are reduced to abstract linear and pellet forms. The letter N appears to the inner left of the figure. A trident symbol is placed in the exergue to the left. The flanking legends, originally reading BASILEOS LYSIMAXOU on the Lysimachos prototype, have degenerated entirely into a series of hash marks and pseudo-letters, reflecting the non-literate copying tradition of the issuing population. |
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| Mintage | ND (100 BC - 1 BC) |
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