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Quinarius Manching type group A
| Issuer | Vindelici of Germania |
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| Year | 150 BC - 50 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Stylized Celtic horse prancing to the left, rendered in the highly schematic La Tène tradition characteristic of the Manching type coinage. The horse's body is composed of bold curvilinear forms, with the mane indicated by a row of raised pellets or spines along the neckline. Globular pellets are scattered in the field beneath and around the animal, possibly representing ground line elements or decorative fill. The design occupies the center of the irregular flan with no surrounding legend or inscription, in keeping with the aniconic numismatic conventions of the Vindelici tribe. |
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| Mintage | ND (150 BC - 50 BC) |
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The Manching type quinarii take their name from the oppidum at Manching, near modern Ingolstadt, one of the largest Celtic settlements north of the Alps and a major metalworking center. Excavations there recovered significant quantities of coin blanks and production debris, confirming local manufacture rather than simple importation of Roman prototypes. The Vindelici occupied the foothills and river valleys between the Danube and the Alps, and their coinage circulated within a network of tribal exchange that Roman expansion would sever entirely by the Augustan campaigns of 15 BC.