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Stater class V
| Issuer | Coriosolites |
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| Year | 75 BC - 50 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylized Celticized head of Apollo facing right, rendered in the La Tène artistic tradition. The hair is depicted as a series of bold, sweeping parallel ridges flowing back from the forehead, dissolving into decorative S-shaped scrolls and spiral motifs that fill the surrounding field. The facial features are schematically rendered, with a prominent eye indicated by a raised pellet, and the nose and mouth reduced to abstract sinuous forms. The overall composition reflects the characteristic Celtic transformation of a classical prototype into an expressive, curvilinear decorative scheme. |
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| Reverse description | A Celticized horse prances right in a highly stylized La Tène manner, its body rendered with bold, confident lines and decorated with pellet ornaments at the joints. The horse's head is replaced by that of a bird, a distinctive iconographic feature of Coriosolitan coinage. A chariot driver is schematically indicated above the horse's back, reduced to an abstract form composed of scrolls and curved lines. A lyre motif appears below the horse in the lower field, accompanied by additional spiral and pellet decorations filling the surrounding space. The entire design demonstrates the advanced Celtic abstraction of the classical biga reverse type. |
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| Mintage | ND (75 BC - 50 BC) |
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