Gold Stater with vertical lines Class II

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.