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Bronze with helmeted head CRICIRV
| Issuer | Suessiones |
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| Year | 50 BC - 40 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head facing right, rendered in the schematic Celtic style characteristic of Belgic Gaulish coinage of the late La Tène period. The helmet is depicted with a distinctive crested or winged profile, and the facial features are rendered in a stylized, abstracted manner typical of indigenous Celtic die-engraving traditions. The hair falls in beaded or rope-like strands behind the neck. The flan is irregular and slightly convex, with the design occupying the central field. No visible legend on the obverse. |
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| Reverse description | A horse or boar-horse hybrid figure rendered in the abstracted Celtic style, advancing to the right, with exaggerated limbs and stylized body typical of Belgic Gaulish potin and bronze coinage. Below or around the animal, the retrograde or abbreviated tribal legend CRICIRV appears in Latin characters, identifying the issuing authority of the Suessiones. The field surrounding the figure is largely plain, consistent with the simple flan treatment common to late Gaulish bronze issues. The overall composition reflects the degenerated classical prototypes characteristic of this regional coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | CRICIRV |
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