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1/3 Stater Muschel Type
| Issuer | Boii |
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| Year | 200 BC - 1 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Plain, anepigraphic obverse featuring a large, prominent convex boss rising boldly from a flat, recessed field, characteristic of the Celtic Muschel (shell) type. The boss is smooth and hemispherical, occupying the majority of the flan, surrounded by a shallow concave border. The irregular flan edge exhibits the typical characteristics of hand-struck Celtic coinage. No inscriptions or subsidiary devices are present. |
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| Mintage | ND (200 BC - 1 BC) |
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The Boii were among the most powerful Celtic groups in central Europe, occupying the territory of modern Bohemia — a name derived directly from their own. This fractional gold piece belongs to a coinage tradition developed after the Boii absorbed Greek monetary influence during their migrations through the Balkans in the third century BC, progressively abstracting the original Macedonian stater types into the distinctive schematic forms that define their later issues.
The Muschel designation refers to a classificatory grouping by Kostial, not a mint or issuing body. The Boii had no permanent mint infrastructure; striking was likely episodic, tied to military or political need.