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Stater Regenbogenschüsselchen IA Type
| Issuer | Vindelici |
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| Year | 200 BC - 1 BC |
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| Value | 1 Stater (20) |
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| Obverse description | Stylized ring-shaped zoomorphic creature rendered in the Celtic abstract tradition, depicted facing left with a bristled dorsal spine and a pronounced volute resembling a ram's horn at the head. The figure is executed in low relief against the concave bowl-shaped field characteristic of the Regenbogenschüsselchen series. The highly schematized design reflects the La Tène artistic vocabulary, reducing naturalistic animal forms to curvilinear and geometric elements. |
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| Reverse description | Six pellets arranged within a torque or ring-shaped device, rendered in low relief against the concave field of this characteristic Celtic bowl-shaped flan. The pellets are distributed in two rows — one above and one below — enclosed by the encircling torque motif, a recurring apotropaic or decorative symbol in the Vindelician coinage tradition. The design is abstract and geometric, consistent with the IA type classification of the Regenbogenschüsselchen series. |
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The Vindelici, a cluster of Celtic tribes occupying the upper Danube basin, produced these bowl-shaped staters without any centralised mint authority — striking was distributed across tribal groups, which accounts for the considerable variation in fabric and flan preparation within the type series. The German name translates roughly to "rainbow bowl," a reference to the iridescent surface often found on examples turned up by plowing, a phenomenon caused by soil chemistry reacting with the gold alloy over centuries of burial. Kostial's classification remains the primary reference for separating the die groups, though attribution between closely related tribal issuers is still contested among specialists.