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Stater - Alexander III Kolchis imitation
| Issuer | Bastarnae Celto-Scythians |
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| Year | 100 BC - 100 AD |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Stylized head of Athena facing right, rendered in a schematic barbaric imitation style derived from the staters of Alexander III of Macedon. The helmet is depicted with a prominent crest rendered as a series of curved lines, while the facial features are highly abstracted. The field is decorated with pellets arranged around the periphery. The overall execution reflects the Celto-Scythian artistic tradition of adapting Hellenistic prototypes into a more geometric, abstract idiom. |
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| Reverse description | Stylized Nike standing, derived from the reverse type of Alexander III staters, rendered in a highly abstracted barbaric style. The figure is reduced to a schematic arrangement of geometric lines representing the wings and body, with the central design flanked by pellets in the field. The design closely follows the Kolchian imitative tradition, in which the original Hellenistic motif has been progressively simplified into a near-abstract composition, retaining the overall compositional structure while losing figurative naturalism. |
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| Mintage | ND (100 BC - 100 AD) |
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