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The Austrian Mint continues to issue the “Gold Magic” series of coins. Through this series, the story of the value of gold and the magical role it has played among the most advanced civilizations in history is told. The fourth coin in the collection is issued on October 12 under the name "The Gold of the Scythians".
About 2,500 years ago, the nomadic Scythian people had a special talent for exalting wild animals. Contributing to this was an extraordinary sense of beauty that was awakened and nurtured by the brilliance of gold, a brilliance displayed on the fourth coin in the Magic of Gold series, which traces the mysterious nature of gold in ancient cultures.
The Scythians were also skilled at domesticating animals. Among the first peoples to master horseback warfare, from the 7th to the 3rd century BC the Scythians moved with their horses and sheep from one grazing area to another on the steppes of what is now southern Russia and the Ukraine. The Scythian culture disappeared long ago, but it lives on thanks to the magic of gold. What remains of their vanished culture are impressive burial mounds, known as kurgans, rich in the precious metal.
Since the 19th century, archaeologists excavating the kurgans have uncovered the burial robes of Scythian princes decorated with hundreds of gold plates. Veils and women's headdresses decorated in this way have also been unearthed. These pieces, pressed with gold foil, were often decorated with "animal-style" art elements; the stylized animals were thought to have supernatural powers. Quivers, dagger hilts and sheaths, ornamental shields and scepter handles decorated with thick gold foil, as well as solid gold necklaces and bracelets have also been found.
A Scythian warrior on horseback enters at a gallop on the right side of the obverse of the coin. The horse and rider are partially hidden by an ornamental band, as are a cauldron, plow, and ax by another ornamental band in the background on the left side.
The main image on the reverse of the coin is a gilded centerpiece, probably from later Scythian times, depicting animals locked in combat. The original is in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg and belongs to the collection of Peter the Great.
Face value: 100 euros
Metal: 986 gold
Total weight: 16.23 g – in 1/2 ounce gold
Diameter: 30 mm
Price: Varies each year depending on the price of gold (this year €989)
Date of issue: 12 October 2022
Issue volume: 20,000
The first coin of this series issued by the Austrian Mint in 2019 was «The Gold of Mesopotamia», here I presented it to you back in the day. The second, in 2020, was for "The Gold of the Faraos", which we were able to meet here . The third was dedicated to "The Gold of the Incas" and I presented it to you here.
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