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<p>[QUOTE="tartanhill, post: 5142586, member: 93472"]Also received an invoice today from the Heritage Europe auction for a coin I thought I had no chance of winning. I've been after a Koson drachm for some time but always fell short, so the surprise invoice was just that, a very pleasant surprise.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.numisbids.com/sales/hosted/haeurope/066/image03955.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Northern Greece - Thrace - Geto-Dacians / Koson - AR Drachm (Olbia?, c. 50 BC, 4.36 g) - Roman consul stepping left, preceded and followed by two lictors holding fasces, monogram to left (Olbia?), KOΣΩN in ex. / Eagle, wings spread, standing left on scepter, holding wreath with right talon (cf. RPC I 1701 (AV Stater) / cf. BMC Thrace p. 208, 2 (AV Stater)) - VF/XF, attractive piece, RR, very rare. This is the silver version of the famous gold stater of Koson. They are both copied from Roman Republican Denarii: M. Iunius Brutus (Crawf. 433/1, without monogram and with KOΣΩN instead of BRVTVS) for the obverse and Pomponius Rufus (Crawf. 398/1, without Q POMPONI and head backwards) for the reverse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tartanhill, post: 5142586, member: 93472"]Also received an invoice today from the Heritage Europe auction for a coin I thought I had no chance of winning. I've been after a Koson drachm for some time but always fell short, so the surprise invoice was just that, a very pleasant surprise. [IMG]https://www.numisbids.com/sales/hosted/haeurope/066/image03955.jpg[/IMG] Northern Greece - Thrace - Geto-Dacians / Koson - AR Drachm (Olbia?, c. 50 BC, 4.36 g) - Roman consul stepping left, preceded and followed by two lictors holding fasces, monogram to left (Olbia?), KOΣΩN in ex. / Eagle, wings spread, standing left on scepter, holding wreath with right talon (cf. RPC I 1701 (AV Stater) / cf. BMC Thrace p. 208, 2 (AV Stater)) - VF/XF, attractive piece, RR, very rare. This is the silver version of the famous gold stater of Koson. They are both copied from Roman Republican Denarii: M. Iunius Brutus (Crawf. 433/1, without monogram and with KOΣΩN instead of BRVTVS) for the obverse and Pomponius Rufus (Crawf. 398/1, without Q POMPONI and head backwards) for the reverse.[/QUOTE]
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