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Potin with janiform head OYINDIA
| Issuer | Lingones (Gallia Celtica) |
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| Year | 80 BC - 60 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Janiform double head depicted in opposing directions — one facing left and one facing right — arranged vertically head-to-toe flanking a central raised vertical band or spine. The schematic rendering is characteristic of late Gaulish potin coinage, with facial features reduced to abstract relief elements. A small globule is visible in the left field. The overall composition reflects the degenerate artistic tradition typical of cast Celtic small coinage of the late La Tène period. |
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| Reverse description | A stylised boar shown in left profile occupies the upper portion of the field, rendered in the schematic Celtic manner with bristled dorsal ridge indicated by short hatching. Below the boar, the tribal legend OYINDIA is arranged in two lines across the field, the inscription reading OYIN in the upper register and DIA in the lower, enclosed within a raised border. The die-cut lettering displays the characteristic angular forms associated with Gaulish epigraphy of the late Republican period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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