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Bronze MATUGIINOS or MATUGENOS
| Issuer | Leuci |
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| Year | 60 BC - 50 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | A horse galloping to the right in dynamic, stylized Celtic fashion, with a bird perched upon its back — a motif commonly associated with Gaulish coinage of the late La Tène period. Beneath the horse, a beaded circle encloses a ringlet or annulet, with a fish depicted below, serving as an additional symbolic device. The composition is characteristic of eastern Gaulish bronze coinage, combining zoomorphic imagery with geometric ornamental elements in the open field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Leuci occupied territory in what is now the Lorraine region of northeastern Gaul, and their coinage is poorly documented compared to larger neighboring tribes. The magistrate name MATUGIINOS — alternatively read as MATUGENOS — appears on a small series of bronzes whose attribution to the Leuci rests primarily on find-spot concentration rather than any explicit tribal identifier. The name itself is Celtic, built on the root *matu- (bear) combined with a patronymic suffix, a naming convention that recurs across Gaulish inscriptions.