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Gold Stater with vertical lines Class II
| Issuer | Parisii |
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| Year | 100 BC - 57 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | A stylized horse prancing left, depicted in the abstract Celtic manner characteristic of Gaulish coinage. The horse's body is rendered with exaggerated curvilinear forms, with a prominent arched neck and limbs dissolving into spiral and pellet motifs. Above and around the horse, a checkered or grid-patterned chariot wheel or solar symbol is visible, composed of rows of pellets and squares. Scattered pellet groups and decorative volutes fill the field, replacing the charioteer and attendant figures found on earlier Macedonian-derived prototypes, in a manner typical of the Parisii coinage series. |
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| Mintage | ND (100 BC - 57 BC) |
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The Parisii occupied the Île de la Seine — the settlement that would become Lutetia — and issued this stater type during a period of sustained inter-tribal competition in the Seine basin. Class II pieces are distinguished from earlier Parisii staters by the progressive abstraction of the original Macedonian prototype, the vertical line schema representing a late stage in that devolution. Caesar's campaigns of 52–51 BC effectively ended Parisii minting, making the lower terminus of this type's production window a near-certainty rather than an estimate.