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Gold Stater without monogram
| Issuer | Uncertain Gallia Celtica tribes |
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| Year | 225 BC - 175 BC |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Reverse description | Celticised charioteer driving a fast biga to the right, holding a kentron (goad) and reins in a highly abstracted La Tène rendering in which the human figure and horses are reduced to dynamic curvilinear and geometric forms. The charioteer's body is stylised into a series of pellets, arcs, and scrolls, while the galloping horses are suggested by fluid, energetic lines. Below the horses, a devolved facing bust of Helios — derived ultimately from Hellenistic coin types — appears as a schematised solar head with radiating hair, further abstracted into decorative Celtic motifs. The reverse field is otherwise plain, with no legend or exergual inscription. The overall composition reflects the progressive Celticisation of the original Philip II gold stater prototype. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (225 BC - 175 BC) |
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