1/3 Stater Muschel Type

The Boii occupied a vast territory stretching from Bohemia into the Po Valley before Roman military pressure — culminating in the Battle of Placentia in 194 BC and subsequent campaigns — fractured their confederation and expelled them from northern Italy entirely. Their coinage, including fractional staters of this type, circulated across an unusually wide geographic range precisely because the tribe itself was in near-constant displacement during the later issues.

The "Muschel" designation reflects the German numismatic tradition of cataloguing Celtic coinage, with Kostial's reference work remaining the standard for Boian gold fractions.