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Bronze
| Issuer | Atuatuci |
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| Year | 100 BC - 1 BC |
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| Reference(s) | LT#8868, GCV#126 |
| Obverse description | Central swastika motif with curved, retrograde limbs enclosing a pellet within a circle at its center; surrounding the central device are four additional circles, each containing a pellet, arranged symmetrically in the field. The overall composition reflects a decorative Celtic solar or apotropaic symbol rendered in a stylized, abstract manner characteristic of Belgic coinage. |
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| Reverse description | A horse prancing left in a highly stylized Celtic rendering, with an abstracted body and limbs executed in the schematic manner typical of Belgic bronze coinage; the figure occupies the central field of the irregular flan, with minimal additional devices visible. The design reflects the debased derivative tradition of earlier Macedonian gold stater prototypes as adapted by Celtic tribes of the Belgic region. |
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The Atuatuci were a Germanic people — likely descended from Cimbri and Teutones stragglers left behind after Noreia — who had settled in what is now southern Belgium by the time Caesar encountered them in 57 BC. He described their complete subjugation and the sale of the entire surviving population, some 53,000 people, into slavery after they violated a surrender agreement. Coinage attributable to them is accordingly rare; these bronzes represent a truncated monetary tradition cut off by Roman conquest rather than absorbed into it.