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Potin with diabolical head and wolf
| Uitgever | Carnutes |
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| Jaar | 80 BC - 50 BC |
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| Diameter | 18 mm |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Stylized head of a deity or demonic effigy facing left, rendered in a highly abstracted La Tène artistic style. A prominent drop-shaped globule is depicted within the open mouth, a characteristic feature of this Carnutes type. The facial features are summarily modeled in low relief, with bulging eyes and exaggerated contours typical of Gaulish potin coinage. The flan is irregularly rounded with a dark patinated surface consistent with the cast potin alloy. No legend or inscription appears in the field. |
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| Oplage | ND (80 BC - 50 BC) |
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The Carnutes occupied the territory around what is now Chartres and Orléans, and their lands held particular religious significance among the Gauls — Caesar identified the region as the annual gathering point for the druidic council. Whether that priestly authority influenced the imagery on this potin is speculative, but the type clearly draws on a visual vocabulary distinct from the coin's more Romanized contemporaries.
Potin — a lead-tin-copper alloy — was cast rather than struck, placing production outside the infrastructure of a proper mint entirely. The Carnutes issued this type during the decades immediately preceding Caesar's Gallic Wars, which effectively ended indigenous coin production in the region by the 50s BC.