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Stater class IVb
| Issuer | Coriosolites |
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| Year | 80 BC - 50 BC |
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| Reference(s) | LT#J35, Sp#17 |
| Obverse description | Highly stylized and disintegrated Celtic head facing right, rendered in the abstract curvilinear tradition characteristic of Armorican coinage. The hair is depicted as a large, elaborate whirligig or spiral motif composed of bold, deeply cut concentric arcs radiating outward, dominating the entire field. Subsidiary pellet-and-arc ornaments appear in the periphery, likely representing facial features reduced to decorative abstraction. The overall design is executed in a vigorous low-relief Celtic artistic style, with no legible inscription. |
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| Reverse description | Stylized disjointed horse prancing to the right in the fully abstract Celtic manner, with the body rendered as a series of curved lines and pellets. Above the horse, a large lyre-shaped or boar-head ornament is visible, a hallmark feature of Coriosolite coinage of this class. Below the horse, a charioteer figure is suggested by a row of parallel lines and a wheel or circular element, characteristic of the La Tène artistic tradition. The field is populated with floating curvilinear and pellet ornaments typical of late Armorican Celtic die engraving. No legend or inscription is present. |
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| Mintage | ND (80 BC - 50 BC) |
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