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Obol Kapostal Type
| Issuer | Hercuniates |
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| Year | 200 BC - 1 BC |
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| Value | 1 Obol (⅙) |
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| Obverse description | Highly abstracted, Celticised male head facing right, rendered in the distinctive La Tène artistic tradition. The beard is indicated by a series of raised pellets and ridged lines along the jaw, while the hair is schematically depicted by a mass of curved striations framing the face. A pronounced annulet serves as the eye, and the facial features are reduced to bold, stylised forms characteristic of Celtic die-cutting. The field is plain and uninscribed. |
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| Mintage | ND (200 BC - 1 BC) |
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The Hercuniates were a Celtic tribe settled in the region of Pannonia, in what is now western Hungary and eastern Austria. Their coinage drew heavily on Macedonian prototypes filtered through generations of imitation, the obol denomination serving small-scale exchange at the lower end of the tribal economy. The Kapostal type takes its name from a hoard find locality, the regional distribution of such finds clustering around the Dráva basin.