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1/2 Stater - Lysimachos Kolchis imitation
| Issuer | Bastarnae Celto-Scythians |
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| Year | 100 BC - 1 BC |
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| Value | 1/2 Stater = 10 Drachm |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (100 BC - 1 BC) |
| Additional information |
The Bastarnae occupied a contested zone between the Celtic and Iranian worlds, and their coin production reflects exactly that instability — borrowing prestige imagery from Lysimachos of Thrace, a king dead for two centuries by the time these pieces were struck. This type belongs to a broad class of Hellenistic imitative coinage produced across the northern Pontic steppe and Kolchian periphery, where Greek prototypes carried transactional weight even when the issuing authority behind them had long since collapsed.
The century-long date range assigned to this issue reflects genuine scholarly uncertainty about Bastarnae chronology rather than any minting continuity.