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INCERTAINES PETIT BILLON AU CHEVAL ET AUX TRISKÈLES
| Issuer | Uncertain Gallia Celtica tribes |
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| Year | 60 BC - 50 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | A stylized horse leaping to the right occupies the central field, rendered in the schematic Celtic manner characteristic of late La Tène small coinage. A triskel motif, composed of three curved arms radiating from a central point, appears in the upper field, while a serpentine or snake figure is depicted below or beside the horse. The composition is tightly fitted to the small flan, with design elements occasionally running off the edge. No inscription or legend is present, consistent with the anonymous coinage of uncertain Gallic tribes. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The decade captured by this coin's date range corresponds precisely to Caesar's Gallic Wars, a campaign that systematically dismantled the tribal monetary networks of central Gaul. Small billon issues like this one were produced by communities whose identities were being erased in real time — the "uncertain" attribution is not a failure of scholarship but a direct consequence of Caesar's destruction of the political structures that would have preserved the issuing authority's name.