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Obol Leierblume Type
| Issuer | Uncertain Eastern European Celts |
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| Year | 300 BC - 201 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylized and abstracted Celtic rendition of a male head facing right, derived from a Greek prototype. The relief is heavily worn and the flan surface shows characteristic roughness associated with Celtic silver issues of this period. Features are largely dissolved into a globular, amorphous mass with only faint traces of facial structure discernible, reflecting the progressive abstraction typical of Eastern Celtic coinage. No legend or inscription is present in the field. The flan is irregular and slightly convex. |
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| Reverse description | A stylized horse prancing or galloping to the left, rendered in the characteristic schematic Celtic tradition ultimately derived from Macedonian prototype coinage. Beneath the horse, a prominent concentric-ring rosette or lyre-flower motif (Leierblume) occupies the lower field, serving as the defining type element of this emission. The horse's body is rendered with simplified but expressive linear lines, and the mane is indicated by a series of short strokes. Additional pellet or scroll ornaments appear in the upper field. No legend is present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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