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Gold Stater Koson type
| Issuer | Uncertain Dacian tribes |
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| Year | 44 BC - 42 BC |
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| Value | 1 Gold Stater = 10 Silver Stater = 20 Drachm |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
| Obverse lettering | ΚΟΣΩΝ (Translation: Koson) |
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The Koson staters occupy one of the more contested attribution debates in ancient numismatics. Most scholars now connect them to Koson, a Dacian or Thracian dynast operating in the power vacuum following Caesar's assassination in 44 BC, possibly with backing from Brutus — whose monogram appears on some specimens. Whether Koson was an independent ruler seeking Roman alliance or a client issuing coins under Brutus's direct patronage remains unresolved.
Hundreds of thousands of these staters reportedly surfaced from a single hoard found in Transylvania in the 19th century, flooding the market and complicating rarity assessments ever since.