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| Issuer | Vindelici |
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| Year | 200 BC - 1 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (200 BC - 1 BC) |
| Additional information |
The Vindelici occupied what is now southern Bavaria and parts of Austria, and their coinage — including this fractional stater — circulated widely across the Celtic oppidum network that stretched from the Danube to the Alps. The "rainbow cup" designation comes from post-medieval Bavarian farmers who found these convex gold pieces in their fields after rain, believing them to be solidified fragments of rainbows.
The specific Kostial 6 reference places this among the earlier die studies of the type. Hoards like those from Großbissendorf have helped establish the chronology of Vindelician fractions, though precise dating within the two-century production window remains contested.