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Bronze VIIRICIVS Class IV
| Issuer | Catuslugi |
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| Year | 50 BC - 40 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Large, highly stylized Celtic head facing right, rendered in abstract La Tène artistic style. The hair is swept back and enclosed by a beaded or mesh-patterned border, with individual strands or locks suggested by incised linear decoration. A prominent, exaggerated ringlet or pellet-tipped curl projects forward before the mouth, a characteristic motif of this Gaulish series. The facial features are simplified and schematic, consistent with the artistic conventions of the Catuslugi tribal coinage of the late first century BC. |
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| Reverse description | A free horse depicted in full gallop to the left, rendered in the schematic yet dynamic style characteristic of late Gaulish bronze coinage. Beneath the horse, a beaded anchor symbol — identified in the new atlas as a variant form of the letter M — serves as a distinguishing class marker. The retrograde or stylized legend VIIRICIVS appears above the horse in the field. The overall composition is typical of the Catuslugi bronze series, combining zoomorphic imagery with abbreviated epigraphic elements. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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