★ Virtually as struck ★

SKYTHIA. Geto-Dacians. Koson, mid 1st century BC. Stater (Gold, 20 mm, 8.38 g, 11 h), Olbia. KOΣΩN Roman consul accompanied by two lictors advancing left; before, monogram of OΛB. Rev. Eagle standing left on scepter, holding wreath in its right talon. Iliescu 1. RPC I 1701A. Removed from ICG encapsulation 2423250115, graded MS64. Lustrous and fresh. The obverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, virtually as struck.

From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, ex Stack's Bowers NYINC Auction, 10 January 2014, 40.