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2 Stater - Lysimachos Kolchis imitation
| Issuer | Bastarnae Celto-Scythians |
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| Year | 100 BC - 100 AD |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Obverse description | Celticised effigy of the deified Alexander III in right profile, rendered in the barbarian artistic tradition with bold, abstracted facial features derived from the original Lysimachos prototype. Five stylised birds are distributed around the portrait in the field, a distinctive Celtic embellishment replacing the conventional legend. The portraiture displays the characteristic degeneration of the Hellenistic model, with exaggerated linear forms typical of Celto-Scythian coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Highly stylised rendering of Athena Nicephoros enthroned in right profile, holding a spear resting on her right shoulder and a small figure of Nike (Victory) in her extended left hand, derived from the standard Lysimachos reverse type. A trident symbol points rightward beneath the throne. Two vertical columns of flattened pellets occupy the left and right fields — seven pellets in the left column and six in the right — representing the severely degraded and abstracted remnants of the original Greek legend, reduced to decorative pseudo-epigraphic elements characteristic of late Celtic barbarous imitations. |
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| Mintage | ND (100 BC - 100 AD) |
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