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Obol
| Issuer | Boii |
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| Year | 200 BC - 101 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Celticized male head facing left, rendered in the abstract La Tène artistic tradition. The facial features are highly stylized, with a broad, rounded cranium and schematic facial details reduced to simple relief forms. The hair is depicted as a sweeping spray of curved, leaf-like strands radiating upward and to the right, a characteristic feature of Boian Celtic coinage. Pellet ornaments or curl motifs appear to the left of the face, typical of Celtic decorative conventions. No legend or inscription is present in the field. |
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| Reverse description | A Celticized horse galloping to the left, its form heavily abstracted in the La Tène style, with the rider reduced to a schematic, fibula-like or lyre-shaped figure above the horse's back — a motif characteristic of Boian obol coinage. The horse's body is rendered with simplified, curved lines, and the legs are stylized into arching strokes. Beneath the horse, a pellet-in-crescent symbol occupies the lower field, serving as a recurring control or decorative mark on this series. No legend or inscription is present. |
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| Mintage | ND (200 BC - 101 BC) |
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