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Stater - Alexander III Kolchis imitation
| Issuer | Bastarnae Celto-Scythians |
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| Year | 100 BC - 100 AD |
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| Reference(s) | HGC 7#219 |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (100 BC - 100 AD) |
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The Bastarnae occupied the lower Danube and northwestern Pontic steppe in a zone where Hellenistic coin use had been established for generations through trade and mercenary payment. Their gold staters imitating Alexander III issues belong to a broad tradition of Celtic and semi-nomadic groups producing official-looking coinage without any direct political connection to Macedon — the prototype was simply the most trusted gold denomination in circulation across the region. HGC 7, 219 places this type among the rarer Kolchis-related imitations, distinguished from mainstream Celtic Alexander copies by specific stylistic degeneration patterns tied to Black Sea transmission routes rather than Danubian ones.