Catalog
1/2 Stater with boars and beaded ringlet
| Issuer | Aulerci Eburovices |
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| Year | 60 BC - 50 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylized Celtic male head facing left, rendered in the La Tène artistic tradition; the hair is depicted by a series of parallel lines interspersed with interconnected globules or pellets, creating a decorative, abstract effect. At the base of the neck, a boar in reverse orientation serves as a subsidiary emblem, a characteristic motif of the Aulerci Eburovices coinage. The facial features are schematically rendered, with the overall composition emphasizing decorative abstraction over naturalistic portraiture. The field is otherwise plain. |
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| Reverse description | A stylized horse leaping to the right, depicted in the characteristic disjointed Celtic manner derived from Macedonian prototype coinage. A charioteer figure appears above the horse, rendered in an abstract, fragmentary fashion typical of Gaulish coinage of this period. Beneath the horse, a boar ensign faces right, serving as a tribal emblem of the Aulerci Eburovices. In front of the horse's chest, a distinctive beaded and pointed ringlet ornament is prominently placed, giving this type its defining diagnostic characteristic. The field is otherwise unadorned. |
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The Aulerci Eburovices occupied territory centered on present-day Évreux in Normandy, and their coinage was struck during the decade that saw Caesar's Gallic campaigns progressively dismantle tribal autonomy across northern Gaul. By 52 BC, the confederate revolt under Vercingetorix had drawn nearly every major Gaulish people into open conflict with Rome. Whether this electrum issue predates that mobilization or was struck in its shadow is unresolved, but the tight date range places it squarely in that political crisis.
DT#2401 is among the lighter half-stater types attributed to this tribe, and the electrum alloy varies noticeably across known specimens.