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Quinarius Manching type group C
| Issuer | Vindelici of Germania |
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| Year | 150 BC - 50 BC |
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| Weight | 1.78 g |
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| Reverse description | Highly abstracted Celtic horse prancing to the left, rendered in the distinctive deconstructed La Tène style characteristic of the Manching type series. The horse's body is reduced to schematic globular and linear elements, with limbs indicated by curved lines. A prominent pellet or globule appears above the horse's back, and a crescent or annulet is visible to the right in the field. Radiating lines in the lower left field likely represent a stylized wheel or sun motif. No legend or inscription is present. |
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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, which served as one of the largest Celtic settlements north of the Alps before its violent destruction — likely during Roman campaigns in the late 1st century BC. Type group C sits within a typological sequence reconstructed almost entirely from hoard evidence, as controlled excavation at Manching yielded coins but rarely the stratigraphic precision needed to anchor them firmly. Kostial's classification remains the working standard, though the groupings are stylistic rather than mint-documentary.