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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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| Reverse description | Stylised horse prancing to left, rendered in a highly abstracted Celtic manner with the body reduced to a series of schematic curves and pellets. The limbs are indicated by angular strokes, and the overall form displays the characteristic dissolution of naturalistic equine representation into decorative geometric elements typical of late Celtic coinage of the Pannonian region. Pellet ornaments are visible in the field. No legend or inscription is present. |
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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, roughly corresponding to modern western Hungary and eastern Austria. Their small silver fractions — this obol among them — were likely produced to facilitate local market exchange rather than any centralized fiscal system, and the type spans a production window of two centuries, suggesting repeated episodic striking rather than a single sustained mint operation. Kostial 835 and Göbl's classification place it firmly within the broader Pannonian Celtic numismatic tradition that collapsed under Roman pacification of the region, completed by 9 AD under Tiberius.