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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;YOTHR, post: 25665790, member: 143785&quot;]A Koson gold stater is nothing absolutely rare, yet these coins fetch a certain minimum price at every auction - although, as written, they are available at auctions every few weeks and months. It is probably due to the “reputation of the coin” that the coins were used to finance Brutus&#039; campaign against the Caesarians, among other things. This naturally sells well.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to my current knowledge, there are four possible scenarios:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) The Koson Gold Stater were actually struck by an allied king in support of Brutus&#039; campaign.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. the coins are merely a regional prince who - like other regional rulers - simply imitates a coin, in this case a design of the Roman Republic (in this case two designs).</p><p><br /></p><p>3. it is the (historical) Geto-Dacian king Kotison, who repeatedly undertook raids into northern Thrace and Scythia. As there is said to have been an attempted marriage between his daughter and Octavian, the issue would have been later than in Brutus&#039; time - see also: <a href="https://www.muenzen-online.com/post/die-gold-und-sibermünzen-des-koson" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.muenzen-online.com/post/die-gold-und-sibermünzen-des-koson" rel="nofollow">https://www.muenzen-online.com/post/die-gold-und-sibermünzen-des-koson</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>4. these gold staters were first discovered in the 16th century, before that this type of coin was apparently completely unknown. The hoard finds must have been considerable when you see what was and is offered in bulk at auctions. I am still slightly skeptical as to whether these coins actually date from the turn of the century / Roman Republic. In this context, is there any information on when and where the silver Koson staters appeared? They have been appearing more and more in stores in recent months - all of a sudden.</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone has any further, more recent information about the Koson Stater, I would be delighted to read about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>And of course I don&#039;t want to withhold this “new” Gold Stater from you.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pedigree: From the Euclidean Collection</p><p><br /></p><p>KOSON GOLD STATER; King of the Scyths, probably Military mint for Marcus Iunius Brutus; Reign: Geto-Dacians Epoch, Roman Republic, Civil War; Mint: Probably Olbia (?), King of the Scyths; Date: ca. 44/42 BC; Nominal: Stater; Material: Gold; Diameter: 18mm; Weight: 8.62g; Die Axis: 12h; Reference: RPC I 1701A; Reference: BMC Thrace 208; Reference: Bahrfeldt, Berliner Münzblätter 1912, 366–81; Obverse: Procession of Consul Marcus Iunius Brutus and two lictors, left; the foremost and hindmost carrying an axe over shoulder. Monogram in the field; Inscription: KOSON ΟΛΒ; Translation: Koson Olbia (?); Reverse: Eagle standing, left, on sceptre, holding wreath in on claw.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1641606[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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