Počiatky lopatkovitých statérov púchovskej kultúry a prvé známe dobové falzum z mincí tejto skupiny / Origin of the spade-shaped staters of the Púchov Culture and the first contemporary forgery of that type

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FRÖHLICH, Július. Počiatky lopatkovitých statérov púchovskej kultúry a prvé známe dobové falzum z mincí tejto skupiny / Origin of the spade-shaped staters of the Púchov Culture and the first contemporary forgery of that type. Numismatické listy. Prague: National Museum, 2017, 72(1-2), 3-9. ISSN 0029-6074. Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/nl/72-1-2/pociatky-lopatkovitych-staterov-puchovskej-kultury-a-prve-zname-dobove-falzum-z-minci-tejto-skupiny-origin-of-the-spade-shaped-staters-of-the-puchov-culture-and-the-first-contemporary-forgery-of-that-type

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The spade-shaped staters from the area characterized by the Púchov Culture in Slovakia differ from other Celtic coins by their special spade-shaped form and also by their material. The known types of the spade-shaped staters were made – with some exceptions – of alloy with different portions of gold and silver. The first stater here, because of its weight, characteristic shape and finding place (near Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia), could be classified under the type preceding all other types of the spade-shaped staters. The second piece – a part cut from a spadeshaped stater – represents a contemporary forgery of the same type as it is in the case of the previous coin. The core of the forged specimen is made of high-quality silver plated by a thick gold foil. This kind of forgeries is known mainly from the Hellenistic period, these pieces come from the Macedonian-Thracian region, and they appeared in the Celtic milieu starting with the 3rd century BC.

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