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1/3 Stater Muschel Type

Emittent Boii
Jahr 200 BC - 1 BC
Typ Standard circulation coin
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Aversbeschreibung Plain, deeply concave field with no design elements or inscriptions, characteristic of the Muschel (shell) type coinage of the Boii tribe. The flan is irregularly shaped, with a smooth, slightly convex rim forming a natural scalloped edge typical of Celtic hammered gold coinage. The surface bears the natural flow lines and tool marks consistent with hand-struck production. The entire field is devoid of figural or symbolic imagery, presenting a purely abstract, bowl-like concavity.
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Rand Plain
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The Boii were among the most powerful Celtic tribes of Central Europe, controlling territories across what is now Bohemia — a name derived directly from their own. Their gold coinage was struck not for state administration in any Roman sense, but to pay warriors, settle obligations, and move wealth laterally through a tribal economy. By the later issues of this series, the tribe was already under severe pressure: the Marcomanni drove them from Bohemia around 50 BC, scattering survivors westward and south into the Po Valley.

Kostial 55 places this fractional within the Muschel typology, a classification built on the distinctive shell-like surface treatment characteristic of this die group.