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Obol Manching 2 Type
| Issuer | Vindelici of Germania |
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| Year | 100 BC - 1 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Stylized Celtic head facing right, rendered in the abstract La Tène artistic tradition characteristic of Vindelician coinage. The facial features are highly schematized, with a prominent bulbous eye, a curved nose, and a naturalistic mouth suggested by plastic relief. The hair is rendered as flowing, parallel curved strands sweeping backward from the crown, terminating in a fan-like arrangement of diagonal lines to the right of the field. Pellet ornaments are distributed around the head, filling the field in typical Celtic decorative fashion. No legend or inscription is present, the design occupying the full extent of the irregularly shaped flan. |
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| Reverse description | Stylized Celtic horse depicted in motion facing left, rendered in the highly abstracted La Tène manner characteristic of the Manching regional type. The horse's body is reduced to a compact, rounded mass, with elongated limbs terminating in pellet-like hooves arranged in a splayed, almost radiating pattern below the body. Above the horse, a scattered arrangement of pellets and irregular geometric elements fills the upper field, representing a schematic rendering of ground-line ornaments or celestial symbols. The entire composition is anepigraphic and contained within the irregular, slightly oval silver flan typical of hammered Vindelician small silver coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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