| Descripción del anverso |
Stylized head facing left, rendered in the schematic La Tène artistic tradition, featuring a prominently bulbous, highly-developed skullcap and a bifid or forked neck treatment. A single globule, placed in front of the forehead, serves to denote the eye, lending the portrait an abstract, geometric character. The facial features are reduced to essential linear elements, consistent with the casting technique employed for this Gaulish potin series. |
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| Descripción del reverso |
A charging bull depicted in profile moving to the right, rendered in a bold, schematic style characteristic of Gaulish potin coinage. The animal is shown with head lowered in a charging posture, its body rendered with incised linear detailing suggesting musculature. The bull stands above a clearly defined exergue line that separates the type from the lower field. The overall composition is typical of the Bituriges Cubi coinage tradition, consistent with the image visible on the flan. |
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The Bituriges Cubi, centered around Avaricum (modern Bourges), were among the Gallic tribes Caesar singled out as exceptionally wealthy in agricultural land — their territory in the Berry region produced some of the most consistent potin output in central Gaul. Potin casting rather than striking was the deliberate production method here, which accounts for the frequent casting seams and surface porosity collectors encounter on this type.
DT 3503 and 3209 represent distinct die groups within what is otherwise a long production run spanning the late independence period through early Roman occupation.