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Silver Minim Baker's Boar
| Issuer | Corieltauvi tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 55 BC - 45 BC |
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| Currency | Stater |
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| Obverse description | Highly abstracted and stylised design executed in the La Tène Celtic artistic tradition, occupying the entire flan. The field displays a complex arrangement of curvilinear motifs and raised bosses typical of Corieltauvian miniature coinage. The design elements are deeply impressed into the irregular, slightly convex flan, with the surface showing characteristic patination consistent with ancient silver. No legend or inscription is present, and the overall composition reflects the highly schematised imagery characteristic of this series. |
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| Reverse description | Schematised representation of a boar in the abstract Celtic La Tène style, the defining type motif of the Baker's Boar series. The animal's form is rendered through a series of curvilinear lines and raised ridges suggesting the spine, body, and limbs, set within a plain field on a small irregular flan. The design is struck with variable die alignment as is typical of hand-hammered Celtic miniature coinage. No epigraphy or border is present. The surface exhibits a heavily corroded and granular texture consistent with prolonged burial, with the relief elements remaining partially legible. |
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| Mintage | ND (55 BC - 45 BC) |
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