Golden Staters from the Collections of the History Museum of Galaţi
Golden Staters from the Collections of the History Museum of Galaţi

Summary/Abstract: The article presents 20 Staters enclosed in the treasuries found at Dăeni, Tulcea County, and Mărăşeşti, Vrancea County, all preserved in the collections of the History Museum of Galaţi. Twelve Staters, among which five are of Alexander type, and seven of Lysimachus type, all belonging to the treasury discovered in 1956 at Dăeni, Tulcea County, were published for the first time in 1981, by B. Mitrea (who published only the images of 4 pieces). After investigating the coins, we noticed that six of them originate from some other workshops. We approached the ascription and the chronology of the Staters preserved in the History Museum of Galaţi referring also to those pieces from the treasury found at Dăeni, that had been published during the previous years. Most probably, the treasury from Dăeni was buried between 255 and 245 B.C. From the treasury discovered in 1909 in Mărăşeşti, Vrancea County, the History Museum of Galaţi preserves 8 Staters of Alexander type, handed over to the Museum by the Police of Galaţi, in 1967. The coins are posthumous Staters issued in Babylon, Magnesia ad Maeandrum, Aradus, Abydos, Amphipolis and in an unidentified workshop from the East.

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