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Obol Gurina Magdalensberg Type
| Issuer | Kingdom of Noricum |
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| Year | 150 BC - 50 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Stylized Celtic head rendered in highly abstracted form, characteristic of the La Tène artistic tradition. The central field features a prominent rounded boss representing the skull or cranium, flanked by subsidiary pellets and curvilinear elements suggesting facial features. Radiating lines or striated bands extend from the central motif toward the irregular flan edge, conveying the degenerated drachm prototype. The overall design reflects the progressive stylization of the Hellenistic prototype typical of Norican Celtic coinage from the Gurina-Magdalensberg production group. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Noricum's silver coinage developed under strong Celtic Boii influence but evolved a distinctly regional character by the late second century BC, when oppida like the Magdalensberg — later the site of a major Roman trading post — functioned as economic hubs connecting Alpine trade routes to the Adriatic. The Gurina type takes its name from the hillfort sanctuary site in Carinthia, where votive deposits have yielded concentrations of this denomination alongside imported Italic goods, suggesting these tiny fractions circulated in contexts well beyond casual market exchange.