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¼ Gold Stater
| Issuer | Treveri (Gallia Belgica) |
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| Year | 200 BC - 100 BC |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylised Celtic effigy of a head facing right, derived from classical Hellenistic prototypes. The hair is rendered as a series of raised parallel striations sweeping back from the brow, suggestive of a crested helmet or elaborate coiffure. A prominent curvilinear ram's horn projects forward from the forehead, a distinctive torc-like curl ornaments the neck area, and a pellet-in-annulet motif marks the eye. The overall treatment is characteristic of the La Tène artistic tradition, with naturalistic forms dissolved into abstract geometric and curvilinear elements. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Treveri occupied the Moselle valley around what is now Trier, and their coinage derived ultimately from Macedonian gold staters circulated by Philip II's campaigns — each generation of imitation drifting further from the prototype until the original imagery became near-abstract. DT#128 sits toward the middle of that devolution sequence. The type was likely produced not for routine commerce but for elite redistribution: warrior payment, alliance gifts, mercenary hire. Finds cluster along the Moselle and its tributaries rather than in settlement centers.