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1/4 Stater with hippophorus and flower
| Issuer | Namnetes |
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| Year | 80 BC - 50 BC |
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| Reference(s) | DT#2193 var. |
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| Reverse description | A hippophorus — a human figure (warrior or rider) shown in association with or beneath a horse — depicted in highly stylized Celtic schematic style. The horse is rendered in profile moving right, its body elongated with exaggerated musculature rendered as pellets and curved lines. Beneath or alongside the horse, a human figure with articulated limbs is visible, consistent with the hippophorus type characteristic of Armorican Gaulish coinage. The composition fills the irregular flan, with the design elements broken up into abstract Celtic ornamental components typical of the Namnetes coinage series. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Namnetes occupied the territory around the mouth of the Loire — roughly modern-day Nantes, which preserves a corrupted form of their name. Their coinage was struck in the decades immediately preceding Caesar's Gallic campaigns, during which the tribe was absorbed into Roman Gaul following the broader suppression of the Atlantic Armorican coalitions. The quarter stater format reflects a fragmented regional economy operating through small-denomination gold, likely tied to mercenary payment and inter-tribal exchange rather than large commercial transaction.
The DT#2193 variant designation signals a die or typological divergence from the principal catalogued specimen — Delestrée and Tache's reference work for Gaulish coinage remains the authoritative source, and variant attributions within it carry weight.