Lot 4030
Celtic Coinage. Eastern Europe. Gold Stater (5.40 g, 20 mm). Imitating Alexander III/Lysimachus types. Late 2nd-mid 1st. Helmeted head right, birds atop. Reverse: Enthroned figure left holding smaller figure, spear behind, pseudo-legends in the form of stacked pellets on either side, trident below. Superb Extremely Fine. An apparently unpublished obverse type displaying a helmeted head. Of the greatest rarity.
This stater and the next are derivative of the Lysimachos gold staters of the Byzantium mint. These imitations are found throughout the entire Black Sea area and as far north as the Baltic. Weights of the staters found in the easternmost regions tend to be significantly less than those discovered in the western end of their range. They are likely not the product of Celtic tribes, but rather issues of Scythians, Dacians or other peoples who inhabited lands to the east of the Celts.
Estimated Value $12,500-UP.
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