Catalog
1/8 Stater
| Issuer | Boii |
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| Year | 200 BC - 1 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse description | Central concave field bearing a deeply impressed ring-and-pellet motif: a raised central pellet surrounded by two concentric circular ridges, forming a bullseye or target pattern characteristic of Celtic coinage. A lenticular or bilobed ornamental element is visible below the central pellet, possibly a stylized floral or lunar symbol. The entire design is enclosed within a raised border following the irregular contour of the flan. The field is plain with no legend or inscription, consistent with the anonymous coinage of the Boii. |
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| Edge | Irregular |
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The Boii were a Celtic people whose territory stretched across what is now Bohemia, Bavaria, and northern Italy — the name "Bohemia" is itself a Latin rendering of their presence there. Their gold coinage, including these fractional staters, was produced during a period of sustained pressure from Roman expansion and inter-tribal conflict that ultimately ended with their near-total military defeat by the Dacians around 60 BC. The surviving population largely dispersed or was absorbed.
Boian gold fractions are notoriously difficult to attribute precisely within the series, and the Kostial reference remains one of the few systematic attempts to organize them.