| Popis líce |
Convex, dome-shaped boss occupying the central field, characteristic of the Celtic Muschel (shell) type coinage. The raised oval elevation rises prominently from a slightly concave surrounding field, presenting a smooth, polished surface with no legend or subsidiary devices. The flan is irregular in outline, consistent with hand-struck Celtic gold fractional coinage of the Boii tribe. |
| Písmo líce |
Přihlaste se pro zobrazení detailů |
| Opis líce |
Přihlaste se pro zobrazení detailů |
| Popis rubu |
Shallow incuse field presenting a stylised shell or sun motif, with a central raised nucleus from which multiple linear ribs radiate outward toward the irregular flan edge, dividing the incuse into segmented panels reminiscent of a cockle shell or scallop valve. Two small globules are visible in the lower portion of the field. The design is entirely anepigraphic and executed in the distinctive Celtic La Tène abstract style, with no legend or mint mark. |
| Písmo rubu |
Přihlaste se pro zobrazení detailů |
| Opis rubu |
Přihlaste se pro zobrazení detailů |
| Hrana |
Přihlaste se pro zobrazení detailů |
| Mincovna |
Přihlaste se pro zobrazení detailů |
| Náklad |
Přihlaste se pro zobrazení detailů |
The Boii were among the most powerful Celtic tribes of central Europe, occupying territories across what is now Bohemia and Bavaria before Roman pressure and a catastrophic defeat by the Marcomanni around 50 BC effectively ended them as a political force. Their gold coinage, including fractional pieces like this eighth-stater, was likely used for high-value exchange and tribal tribute rather than everyday commerce — the denominations are too fine for market transactions among ordinary goods.
The Muschel type takes its name from the German word for shell, describing the characteristic curved, concave form of these diminutive flans. Kostial 57 places this piece within a well-documented typological sequence, though the two-century date span assigned to this type reflects genuine scholarly uncertainty about when within the Boian period specific issues were produced.