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SKYTHIA. Geto-Dacians. Koson. AV Stater (8.44 gms), Mid 1st Century B.C. NGC BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED.
HGC-3.2, 2049; RPC-1, 1701A. Obverse: Roman consul accompanied by two lictors advancing left; monogram to left; Reverse: Eagle, holding wreath, standing left on scepter. Though previously attributed to a Thracian king by the name of Koson and believed to allude to the denarius issued by M. Junius Brutus, more recent scholarship points toward an attribution to the Geto-Dacians, not Thrace, and somewhat before the referenced issue of Brutus. Highly vibrant and lustrous, with a minor edge crack but sharp, bold strike.
From the Collection of a Gentleman.
Estimate: $1250 - $1750
HGC-3.2, 2049; RPC-1, 1701A. Obverse: Roman consul accompanied by two lictors advancing left; monogram to left; Reverse: Eagle, holding wreath, standing left on scepter. Though previously attributed to a Thracian king by the name of Koson and believed to allude to the denarius issued by M. Junius Brutus, more recent scholarship points toward an attribution to the Geto-Dacians, not Thrace, and somewhat before the referenced issue of Brutus. Highly vibrant and lustrous, with a minor edge crack but sharp, bold strike.
From the Collection of a Gentleman.
Estimate: $1250 - $1750