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Silver Unit Mercedes Proto Boar No Spear
| Issuer | Corieltauvi tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 50 BC - 45 BC |
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| Weight | 1.3 g |
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| Obverse description | Stylised boar advancing right in the Celtic artistic tradition, displaying straight dorsal bristles along the back and a non-curled tail. The near-side legs are rendered as solid forms while the off-side legs are bifurcated; notably, no spear is present in the shoulder. Two pellets within an annulet appear within a large ring of pellets in the upper field, with an additional pellet-in-annulet motif positioned above and before the boar's head. |
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| Reverse description | Stylised Celtic horse prancing left, depicted with characteristically elongated ears and a short fern-like tail rendered in the late Iron Age artistic idiom. A large pelletal solar rosette (anemone motif) dominates the upper field, consisting of a central annulet — sometimes containing a pellet — encircled by a ring of pellets. A single or double pellet within an annulet appears in the field before the horse. The lower field carries either an annulet enclosing a concave triangle or a triskelion-derived Mercedes symbol, representing a significant typological distinction within the series. |
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| Mintage | ND (50 BC - 45 BC) - Pelletal sun above horse contains pellet; single pellet in annulet in front; annulet containing concave triangle below - ND (50 BC - 45 BC) - Annulet containing concave triangle behind boar. Pelletal sun above horse contains pellet; single pellet in annulet in front; annulet containing concave triangle below - ND (50 BC - 45 BC) - Pelletal sun above horse contains no pellets; double pellet in annulet in front; annulet containing concave triangle below - ND (50 BC - 45 BC) - Pelletal sun above horse contains pellet; single pellet in annulet in front; Mercedes symbol below - |
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