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Obol Magdalensberg Type
| Issuer | Kingdom of Noricum |
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| Year | 200 BC - 1 BC |
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| Value | 1 Obol (⅙) |
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| Obverse description | Flat, heavily worn obverse surface on an irregularly shaped hammered flan, characteristic of the Celtic Magdalensberg obol series. The design is largely obliterated by wear and surface corrosion, presenting an essentially blank or near-featureless field with no discernible imagery or inscription. The flan exhibits the rough, uneven contours typical of hand-struck Celtic small silver coinage of Noricum. No legend or device is legible on this face. |
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| Mintage | ND (200 BC - 1 BC) |
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The coinage of Noricum — the Celtic kingdom occupying roughly modern Austria and Slovenia — emerged from tribal confederacies that controlled some of the most productive iron-mining territory in the ancient world. Norican steel was prized across the Mediterranean, and Roman merchants were trading in the region well before formal annexation around 15 BC. These tiny silver fractions circulated within that exchange economy for two centuries before the kingdom quietly dissolved into a Roman province without a single battle recorded.