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Potin with head to the right and dextrorotatory swastika
| Issuer | Bituriges Cubi |
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| Year | 80 BC - 50 BC |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | A stylized animal, identifiable as a boar or similar quadruped, depicted in profile moving to the right within a raised circular border. The body is rendered in a schematic, abstracted La Tène style, with exaggerated dorsal bristles and summary limb treatment. Additional symbolic devices appear in the field surrounding the animal figure. The design is characteristic of the Bituriges Cubi potin series and shows the flat, slightly blurred relief typical of cast potin production. No legend or inscription is present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Bituriges Cubi occupied the fertile Berry region of central Gaul, with Avaricum (modern Bourges) as their principal oppidum. Their potin coinage — cast rather than struck, a technically distinct process involving molten alloy poured into clay molds — represents a deliberate departure from the struck silver traditions of neighboring tribes, likely reflecting both the abundance of tin-bronze alloys locally and the practical demands of low-denomination exchange. The swastika motif on this type is not symbolic in any modern sense; it appears across multiple Gaulish traditions as a solar or rotational device, its dextrorotatory orientation here potentially diagnostic for distinguishing workshop sequences within DT#3502.