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Bronze with running character and stars
| Issuer | Uncertain Gallia Belgica tribes |
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| Year | 60 BC - 25 AD |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | A free horse depicted in vigorous gallop to the right, rendered in the highly stylized, abstracted manner characteristic of Gallo-Belgic Celtic coinage. Two multi-pointed star symbols are positioned above and below the horse, framing the central equine motif within the field. The horse's body is schematically treated with curvilinear lines suggesting musculature and movement, while the legs are elongated and simplified. The die style and iconographic program are consistent with the anonymous bronze coinage attributed to the tribes of Gallia Belgica. The flan shows typical irregular casting edges and surface patination consistent with extended burial. |
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| Mintage | ND (60 BC - 25 AD) |
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DT 296 falls within a cluster of small bronzes attributed to the tribes of Gallia Belgica, a region that Caesar was actively subduing between 57 and 51 BC — meaning many coins of this type were struck by peoples either at war with Rome or freshly conquered. Attribution remains uncertain because the iconographic vocabulary of Belgic bronze coinage was widely shared across tribal boundaries, making die-link studies the only reliable method of narrowing provenance.