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https://doi.org/10.52064/vamz.54.1.1
A Celtic gold stater from the vicinity of Radoboj (Croatia)
Peter Kos
Sažetak
Around 1840, a gold coin was discovered near Radoboj (northwestern
Croatia), a Celtic imitation of a gold stater of Alexander
III of type Athena/Nike. In 2019, during archaeological excavation
of the Roman temple at Frauenberg, near Leibnitz (Austria), two
imitations of staters of the same type were excavated. Of these,
one coin was minted with the same dies for obverse and reverse
as the coin from Radoboj, which undoubtedly testifies to minting
in the same mint. In the area of north-western Croatia and eastern
Slovenia, four other Athena/Nike staters can be documented
at four other sites. To date, 83 Athena/Nike imitations have been
discovered in Central Europe, of which 32 coins originate from
26 sites. Seven coins from six sites in the area south of the middle
course of the Mura and Drava rivers therefore significantly
complement the current record of finds of these earliest Celtic
coin finds in Central Europe. At the same time, it proves that the
minting of this group of imitations can be attributed to the local
Celtic tribes sometime in the middle of the 3rd century BC.
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Hrčak ID:
266403
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Datum izdavanja:
6.12.2021.
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