Description
Dacia, the Geto-Dacians, in the name of ‘Koson’, Gold Stater (8.79g, 18mm), circa mid 1st Century BC. Obverse: Roman Consul (M. Junius Brutus ?) accompanied by two lictors advancing to the left, each wearing toga and both lictors holding an axe resting on the left shoulder, “OΛB” monogram to left, “KOΣΩN” in exergue. Reverse: Eagle with spread wings perched upon sceptre facing to the left, clutching laurel wreath in right talon, pellet below right talon. RPC I-1701A; Hourmouziadis dies A/a; BMC-2; HGC 3.2, 2049. Typically a little crude in strike and with slight flan imperfections on reverse, a very nice grade nonetheless and a well-known imitation type of the Geto-Dacians, inspired by the denarii of Pomponius Rufus and Marcus Junius Brutus, details Extremely Fine.
