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2 Hryvni The Goddess Api
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Weight | 1.24 g |
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| Obverse description | The Ukrainian state emblem (tryzub), a stylised trident rendered within a shield, occupies the centre of the field, surrounded by a dotted inner border. The circular legend НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 2 ГРИВНІ appears in large characters along the lower arc. The date 2008 is inscribed above the central device, flanked by dotted ornamental borders, with the fineness and weight notations Au 999.9 and 1.24 positioned to the left and right of the shield respectively. A small mint mark appears to the right of the weight notation. |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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Api was the supreme earth goddess of the Scythians, a nomadic Iranian-speaking people who dominated the Pontic steppe from roughly the 7th to 3rd centuries BC — territory that maps almost precisely onto modern Ukraine. The coin belongs to Ukraine's ongoing "Gods of Ancient Scythia" bullion series, issued partly as a response to growing academic and national interest in reclaiming Scythian heritage as distinctly Ukrainian rather than generically "ancient."
At 1.24 g of .9999 fine gold, these are among the smallest bullion pieces in Ukraine's output, struck at the Luhansk Mint before that facility's fate was sealed by the 2014 conflict.