This is my first ancient pickup of 2021 and my first piece of ancient gold. I was getting itchy to add an ancient piece to my collection as it had been over 3 months since my last pickup. With the crazy auction prices recently and lack of catalog auctions, I ended up getting this one direct sale from a collector. I've always thought these were interesting so I picked this one up for what I would consider reasonable and only a few hundred more than it sold for in 2017. It definitely looks better in hand then the photos. SKYTHIA, Geto-Dacians. Koson. Mid 1st century BC. AV Stater (20mm, 8.38 g, 12h). Roman consul accompanied by two lictors advancing left; monogram to left; KOΣΩN in exergue / Eagle standing left on scepter, holding wreath. Hourmouziadis dies B/f; Iliescu 1; RPC I 1701A; HGC 3, 2049.
