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Drachm Tótfalu Type
| Issuer | Boii of Southern Slovakia and Northern Hungary |
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| Year | 100 BC - 1 BC |
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| Weight | 2.56 g |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylised Celtic head facing right, rendered in the La Tène artistic tradition with schematic, abstracted facial features. The hair is depicted as a series of bold diagonal ridges and pellet-tipped strands radiating across the field, characteristic of Boian coinage. A laurel wreath motif is indicated below the effigy. The portrait, derived from Hellenistic prototypes, has been reduced to near-geometric forms, with a prominent nose and minimal facial detail visible in relief. |
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| Reverse description | Stylised horse prancing to left in the Celtic La Tène manner, with a beaded mane rendered as a row of pellets along the arched neck and a schematically rendered body with elongated, striated limbs. A large pellet-in-annulet symbol occupies the upper right field above the horse's back, serving as a distinctive type marker for this issue. The legs of the horse are depicted with parallel linear strokes, and a single pellet appears beneath the body in the lower field. The overall composition reflects the progressive abstraction of Hellenistic equestrian reverse types as adapted by Boian Celtic die-cutters. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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