SKYTHIA. Geto-Dacians. Koson. AV Stater (8.54 gms), Mid 1st Century B.C. NGC MS, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 5/5.

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. An enchanting example of the popular Roman provincial type that displays both a phenomenal strike and exceptional surfaces. It is hard to find fault with the present example. 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.

Estimate: $1000.00 - $1500.00