Catalog
1/3 Stater Systemverwandte Type
| Issuer | Boii |
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| Year | 200 BC - 1 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Kostial#46 |
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| Reverse description | Stylized human or divine figure depicted in a squatting or running posture, centrally placed on the flan in the La Tène decorative idiom. The torso and limbs are rendered as rounded, globular masses, with the head shown as a prominent pellet atop the body. Surrounding the figure are sinuous, serpentine forms and large pellets arranged in the field, likely representing zoomorphic or cosmic symbols. The entire composition exhibits the abstract, curvilinear vocabulary characteristic of Celtic coinage derived from Macedonian prototype types. |
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| Mintage | ND (200 BC - 1 BC) |
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The Boii occupied a vast arc of central Europe before Roman and Germanic pressure collapsed their territory in the late 2nd and early 1st centuries BC. Their defeat by the Marcomanni around 50 BC effectively ended Boii political organization north of the Alps, scattering survivors into what is now Hungary and northern Italy. Coin production among the Boii was largely a prestige and inter-tribal exchange phenomenon rather than a market economy instrument.
The "Systemverwandte" classification groups pieces sharing structural relationships with a primary type without direct die linkage — a curatorial distinction reflecting how fragmentary the archaeological record for Boian coinage remains.