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Drachm Kugelwange Type
| Issuer | Uncertain Eastern European Celts |
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| Year | 300 BC - 201 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Kostial#506, Göbl Kelt#Pl.17, 204/2 |
| Obverse description | Highly stylised Celticised head of a bearded male facing right, rendered in the characteristic Kugelwange ('ball-cheek') manner with a prominent spherical protrusion representing the cheek. The laureate wreath is abstracted into a series of bold, elongated pellets and lenticular bosses arranged across the crown of the head. Facial features — including the eye, rendered as an oval boss, and the beard, suggested by curving incuse lines at the chin — are reduced to geometric Celtic decorative elements. The overall treatment reflects the progressive barbarisation of the Hellenistic prototype, retaining the general rightward orientation of the archetype while imposing a distinctly Celtic artistic vocabulary. |
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| Reverse description | A stylised horse prancing to the left, its body rendered in a schematic, highly abstracted Celtic manner with a large globular torso and attenuated limbs. Above the horse's back, a pellet-in-annulet device occupies the upper field, a characteristic Celtic decorative symbol. Additional pellets are scattered in the field, and the horse's tail and legs are suggested by thin curved lines. Below the horse, a curved linear element may represent a ground line or further decorative abstraction. The overall composition reflects the Celtic transformation of the Philippic or Alexandrine drachm reverse prototype. |
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| Mintage | ND (300 BC - 201 BC) |
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