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Gold Stater with vertical lines Class II
| Issuer | Parisii |
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| Year | 100 BC - 57 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Stylized male head facing right, rendered in the characteristic La Tène Celtic artistic tradition. The hair is elaborately depicted as a series of deeply incised flowing locks and scrolls radiating from the crown, with prominent curved tresses framing the face. The facial features are boldly rendered, with a large almond-shaped eye, a prominent nose, and a schematized beard indicated by a row of short vertical lines or hatching along the lower jaw. The overall design reflects the abstract, curvilinear aesthetic typical of late Gaulish coinage derived from earlier Macedonian prototypes. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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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.