Information about Gold "The Gold of the Scythians" 100 EUR PF AUT - 2022
The Scythians, a steppe people from what is now southern Russia and Ukraine, were nomads from the 7th to 3rd centuries B.C. Since the 19th century, archaeologists have been exploring the magnificent burial sites of this long-lost culture. Scythians were known for their fine gold work, which they attached to burial robes and, in the case of women, to veils. These pieces of sheet gold were decorated with animal emblems, which were believed to have supernatural powers.
The coin revives this almost forgotten nomadic culture. It demonstrates the Scythians' talent for exalting wild animals and their extraordinary sense of beauty, awakened and nourished by the magical glitter of an eternally precious material: gold.
The design of the gold coin
The main motif on the obverse is an animal battle scene from later Scythian times. The original showpiece is in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and comes from the collection of Tsar Peter I. A Scythian horseman gallops into the obverse, surrounded by ornaments. A cauldron, a plow and an axe are integrated into another ornamental band, which can be seen in the background.
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