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Stater Charioteer facing right, lyre
| Issuer | Arverni |
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| Year | 120 BC - 60 BC |
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| Diameter | 17 mm |
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| Obverse description | Laureate male head facing left, rendered in a stylised Celticised manner derived from Hellenistic prototypes. The hair is depicted as a series of large, plastically modelled curls and pellets arranged in tight clusters around the crown and nape, with a prominent laurel wreath indicated by leaf-shaped relief elements above the brow. The facial features — almond-shaped eye, aquiline nose, and slightly parted lips — are schematically but expressively rendered in the flat field. No inscription or legend is present; the design fills the irregularly shaped flan entirely. |
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| Mintage | ND (120 BC - 60 BC) - Late 2nd-early 1st century BC |
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The Arverni occupied the volcanic highlands of what is now the Auvergne, and at their peak controlled enough of central Gaul to extract tribute from neighboring tribes. These staters circulated during the period when Roman expansion north of the Provincia was accelerating — the generation before Vercingetorix, whose father Celtillus was reportedly executed by the Arverni themselves for attempting to consolidate personal kingship over the tribe.
The gold is characteristically high-purity for Arvernian issues, drawn from alluvial sources in the Massif Central river systems.