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1 Stater
| Issuer | Boii of Bohemia |
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| Year | 175 BC - 125 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (175 BC - 125 BC) |
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The Boii were among the most politically organized of the central European Celtic tribes, and their gold coinage reflects contact with Macedonian monetary conventions — Philip II's staters almost certainly served as the prototype weight standard. By the mid-second century BC, the Boii controlled substantial territory across what is now Bohemia and Moravia, and their gold issues functioned within a tribal economy sophisticated enough to support long-distance trade with both the Mediterranean world and the northern amber routes. Their expulsion by the Dacians under Burebista around 60 BC effectively ended Boian coinage production entirely.