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Quinarius Kreuzquinare Schönaich I Type
| Issuer | Vindelici of Germania |
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| Year | 100 BC - 50 BC |
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| Value | Quinarius (0.5) |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylized Celtic head rendered in the La Tène artistic tradition, depicted facing right in the field. The hair is represented by a series of raised, flowing curved strands or pellets radiating from the crown, dissolving the naturalistic prototype into abstracted organic forms. Facial features are schematically rendered, with the overall composition filling the irregular flan. No legend or inscription is present. The die work is characteristic of Vindelician Celtic coinage derived from Massalian prototypes. |
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| Reverse description | A bold incuse cross divides the reverse field into four quadrants, the defining type-feature of the Kreuzquinare series. The lower two quadrants contain pellet-tipped linear ornaments — a pellet on a short stem — positioned symmetrically, while the upper quadrants remain largely plain. The cross arms are deeply and evenly struck, with a slightly raised rim around the irregular flan. No legend is present, consistent with the anonymous coinage of the Vindelici tribe. |
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| Edge | Plain, irregular |
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