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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 774588, member: 6370&quot;]That coin is pretty interesting and there is a bit of mystery around it. This coin was mostly found in Transylvania and quite a few have been found, some in rather large caches. The coin has a very Roman theme depicting two lictors on either side of a consul, on the other side an eagle holding a wreath. Written in Greek in the exergue is <i>KOΣΩN</i> (Koson) and in the left field are the letter<i>s BR.</i> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The coins imagery resembles &#039;Libertas&#039; silver denarii minted by Brutus which can be seen here:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.leics.gov.uk/1082_comb.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>and the side with the eagle is clearly using the image of an earlier coin type, that of Q Pomponius Rufus around 73 BC: </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/rsc/pomponia/pomponia23-r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There seems to be little known for sure as to the origins of this coin but a lot of theories. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>They are all fake would be one. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>They are minted for Brutus by some unknown Thracian King. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>They may be simply coins minted by a Getea (Dacian/Thracian) King, possibly by the name of Koson (Coson or Cotiso(n)) who had relations with Rome and minted his coins to resemble theirs. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It is well documented that petty kings who existed along side empires often produce what we now call barbarous imitations, or even mint their coins in a similar style as coins they see minted by those empires. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As the majority of these coins are found in Dacia, it could be a simple case of a Dacian King minting his coins to resemble Roman coinage which was probably not foreign to these people at this time, especially if they were on friendly terms with Rome.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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