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Hexadrachm 'Devil Type'
| Issuer | Boii |
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| Year | 75 BC - 1 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Bare male bust facing right, rendered in a stylised Celtic manner derived from Hellenistic prototypes. The hair is depicted as a row of tight curls or pellets along the brow, and the facial features — eye, nose, and lips — are boldly modelled in high relief. The truncation of the neck is broad and plain, with no legend or inscription in the field. The flan is broad and irregular, characteristic of Celtic hammered coinage of the Boii. |
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| Reverse description | A fantastical beast — commonly identified as a 'devil' or chimeric creature — strides to the right across a ground line, its body covered in a distinctive scale or lozenge pattern rendered in high relief. The creature displays an elongated neck, a serpentine tail curling upward, and splayed clawed limbs, all executed in the exuberant Celtic artistic idiom. The inscription DEVIL appears in Latin characters in the exergue or lower field beneath the creature. The design occupies the full breadth of the broad, irregular flan. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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