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Potin au sanglier classe Ie
| Issuer | Leuci |
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| Year | 75 BC - 50 BC |
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| Reference(s) | LT#9044 var., DT#226 |
| Obverse description | Stylized head facing left rendered in the schematic Celtic idiom, with bold relief lines depicting hair as a series of parallel striations sweeping back from the brow. A prominent spiral or pellet motif occupies the field before the face, likely representing the eye. The facial features are reduced to abstract curvilinear forms characteristic of Gaulish potin coinage. No legend or inscription is present. The surface retains the typical rough texture of a cast flan. |
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| Mintage | ND (75 BC - 50 BC) |
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The Leuci were a Belgic people settled in the upper Moselle basin, roughly modern Lorraine, and their potin issues are among the more localized of Gaulish cast coinages — distributed across a tight tribal territory rather than through broad inter-tribal exchange networks. The sanglier type appears in several classified varieties, and the DT#226 designation places this piece within a subgroup distinguished by specific treatment of the animal figure and field elements that diverge enough from the LT#9044 core type to warrant the variant notation.
Potin casting rather than striking means die-linked sequences don't apply; fabric and alloy consistency across examples has been used to argue for relatively controlled, centralized production rather than ad hoc local casting.