Obol Roseldorf II Type

The Boii occupied a broad swath of central Europe — Bohemia takes its name from them — before Roman military pressure and catastrophic defeats against the Dacians in the late second century BC effectively destroyed them as a coherent political entity. The Roseldorf site in Lower Austria has emerged as a key findspot for this type, suggesting a minting or redistribution center well north of the Alpine passes.

At under a gram, these fractional silvers functioned at the lowest practical denomination of Celtic commerce. Kostial #94 represents a tightly defined die grouping within a broader obol tradition whose full chronology remains contested.