Scythian Gold. The Wild Boar
Scythian Gold. The Wild Boar
Thursday, 24 December 2009
Rating: 2 grivnas
metall: gold (Au 999,9)
circulation: 10000
diametr: 13,92 mm
The weight: 1,24 grams
herd: smooth
series: The smallest golden coin
category: special uncirculated
NBU Price: 1685
The coin is dedicated to a jewelry artifact of the steppe Scythia - the gold figurine of the wild boar (end of the 4th century B.C.) from Khomyna Mohyla kurhan near the village of Nahirne, Dnipropetrovsk oblast`.
On the coin obverse within the circle of beads there is the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine, above it - 2009 (the coin issue year), on the left Au 999,9 (coin metal and its fineness) and on the right - the logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint and t
On the coin reverse there is depicted the wild boar figurine with the semicircular inscription thereunder СКІФСЬКЕ ЗОЛОТО (Scythian Gold).
artist: Volodymyr Demianenko
sculptor: Volodymyr Demianenko