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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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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central design composed of three pellet-centered circles arranged above a Y-shaped ornamental element, flanked above and below by a twisted rope or braid motif. The composition reflects the highly stylized abstract aesthetic characteristic of Celtic coinage of the Boii tribe, derived from earlier Hellenistic prototypes. The design occupies the full flan, with the braided borders serving as a framing device rather than a legend. |
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| Reverse description | A highly stylized horse leaping to the left, rendered in the characteristic schematic Celtic manner with elongated limbs and simplified body. A pellet-centered circle appears in the upper field. Beneath the horse is a double volute ornament, and a single pellet or point is placed beneath the tail. The reverse displays the typical degenerate treatment of the Philip II stater horse prototype as transmitted through successive Celtic imitative coinage traditions. |
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The Boii who produced this type were not the Bohemian Boii expelled by the Marcomanni around 50 BC, but a residual or related group settled along the middle Danube basin. The Tótfalu classification within Göbl's Celtic coinage system groups a cluster of related drachm types sharing die traditions that suggest a concentrated, possibly single-community minting operation rather than a tribal-wide issue.
Göbl 516/2 sits in a sequence where die links between obverse and reverse pairings are tight, implying short production runs.