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Quinarius Büschel Type
| Issuer | Vindelici of Germania |
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| Year | 100 BC - 1 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylised and deeply devolved Celtic head facing right, rendered in low relief as an abstract arrangement of curvilinear ridges and lobes — the so-called Büschel ('bouquet' or 'tuft') type — in which the facial features have been reduced to a series of flowing, interlocking arcs. The design fills the irregular flan, with no inscription or border. The abstraction is characteristic of late La Tène Celtic coinage of the Vindelici, in which successive die-cutting reduced the original Hellenistic portrait prototype to a near-unrecognisable schematic form. |
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| Reverse description | A prancing horse facing left, rendered in a schematic Celtic style with a globular body and elongated limbs. Above the horse, a prominent pellet-in-torque device — a circular open ring or crescent form enclosing a central pellet — serves as the principal secondary symbol in the field. The overall composition is boldly struck in high relief on an irregular flan, with no legend or border, consistent with the anepigraphy typical of Vindelician tribal coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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