This coin is - to date - the only proof of the existence of Bastareos. Very few genuine examples are known.
See the Bastareospage with thumbnail images.
| AMNG III, 16 | Bastareus, king of Paeonia, AR tetradrachm, ca 400 BC. 13.14 g. Large crested helmet right in border of dots. / BAΣTAΡEOΣ above bull butting right, head facing, in border of dots. Paris 20; AMNG III, 16; Allatini coll. 232; Head HN p. 237 (this coin); Svoronos, HPM, pl. XIX, 2. Note: Beware of modern Bulgarian fakes (see below)! Compare the small details, especially of the helmet crest and ear flap. | Text | Image |
| FAKE AMNG III, 16 | MODERN BULGARIAN FAKE, artificially aged of Bastareus, king of Paeonia, AR tetradrachm, ca 400 BC. Large crested helmet right in border of dots. / BAΣTAΡEOΣ above bull butting right, head facing, in border of dots. MODERN FAKE of Paris 20; AMNG III, 16 etc. Compare the small details, especially of the tuft separations of the helmet crest, and the ear flap of this fake with the genuine coin (above). | Text | Image |
