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1/4 Stater bust facing right

Issuer Uncertain Gallia Belgica tribes
Year 125 BC - 100 BC
Type Standard circulation coin
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Obverse description Highly stylized Celticized derivation of an Apollo head facing right, rendered in the abstract La Tène artistic tradition. The facial features are dissolved into a series of raised pellets, curvilinear lobes, and bold scroll-like forms representing the hair, with the eye reduced to a prominent rounded boss. The overall composition fills the irregular flan with characteristic Celtic disregard for classical proportionality, retaining only the essential volumetric suggestion of the prototype. No legend or inscription is present in the field.
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Reverse description A highly abstracted Celticized horse galloping to the right, its body and limbs fragmented into a dynamic arrangement of curvilinear and pellet-form elements characteristic of late La Tène die-cutting. Above the horse, a stylized representation of a charioteer or driver figure is rendered as a series of disconnected geometric and organic shapes. Below the horse, a floral or rosette symbol occupies the lower field, serving as a decorative anchor to the composition. The entire design is uninscribed and executed with bold, confident relief on the irregular hammered flan.
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Mintage ND (125 BC - 100 BC)
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