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1/4 Stater with boat and rings
| Issuer | Morini |
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| Year | 70 BC - 50 BC |
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| Weight | 1.42 g |
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| Obverse description | Stylized schematic representation of an openwork boat, rendered in abstract Celtic fashion, surmounted by two vertical mast elements rising from the hull. A single globule is positioned at the bow, serving as a decorative or symbolic accent. The design is executed in the characteristic abstracted La Tène artistic tradition, with minimal figurative detail retained from earlier prototypes. |
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| Mintage | ND (70 BC - 50 BC) |
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The Morini occupied the coastal territory of what is now the Pas-de-Calais and West Flanders — the same stretch of coastline Caesar described with particular frustration in his Gallic War accounts, noting the tribe's repeated retreats into dense forests whenever Roman columns advanced. They were among the last Belgic peoples formally subdued, resisting into the mid-50s BC. This quarter stater falls squarely within that period of pressure and conflict.
The "var." designation against LT#8722 signals a die combination or minor type distinction not fully catalogued by Laffaille and Tautel — not unusual for Morini coinage, where small regional workshops produced runs too limited for systematic documentation.