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Obol Kleinsilber Type
| Issuer | Boii |
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| Year | 100 BC - 1 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Horse advancing to the left in a stylized Celtic rendering, its body rendered with rounded, pellet-like joints at the haunches and knees, and the mane indicated by short incised strokes above the neck. The legs are depicted in a schematic, almost disjointed manner consistent with the La Tène artistic vocabulary found on Boian silver fractions. The field is plain and unlettered, with the design filling the flan in the compact format characteristic of the Kleinsilber series. |
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| Mintage | ND (100 BC - 1 BC) |
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The Boii were expelled from their Bohemian territories by the Marcomanni around 50 BC, effectively ending their presence as an organized tribal group in central Europe. These tiny fractional silver pieces were struck during the final century of that occupation, and the type's continued production across such a broad span suggests repeated local recasting rather than centralized mint control. The specific weight standard tracks a degraded Obol tradition ultimately derived from Greek colonial contact along the Danube corridor.