Obol Kugelreiter Type

Noricum's silver coinage developed under heavy influence from the Macedonian and Thasian trade networks filtering through the Alpine passes, but the Kugelreiter types evolved into something distinctly local — the imagery progressively abstracted across generations of copying until the original Macedonian horseman became almost unrecognizable. The Obol denomination served the lowest tier of commercial exchange in a region that grew wealthy primarily through iron extraction and export to Roman markets.

At 0.61g, dies were cut small and the striking surface unforgiving. Centering failures are endemic to the type.