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Stater with eagle ABVCATOS
| Issuer | Bituriges Cubi |
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| Year | 80 BC - 50 BC |
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| Diameter | 18.5 mm |
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| Obverse description | Stylised head of Apollo facing left, rendered in the characteristic Late La Tène Celtic abstract manner. The hair is depicted as a bold fan of pronounced raised curls or pellets arranged in a radiating pattern across the crown, a hallmark of Armorican and central Gaulish coin art derived from Macedonian prototypes. The facial features are schematically modelled, with the eye rendered as a raised pellet within a curved arc. The field is plain, and the flan is broad but irregularly shaped, as is typical of struck Gaulish electrum coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse description | A horse leaping left in a highly stylised Celtic artistic idiom, its body elongated and limbs rendered with curved, almost abstract strokes. Above the horse, an eagle is depicted with wings spread, a motif characteristic of the Bituriges Cubi coinage attributable to the ABVCATOS series. Beneath the horse, three pellet-in-annulet symbols are arranged in a row, serving as decorative field ornaments. The legend ABVCATOS appears between the fore and hind legs of the horse, written in Latin characters, likely representing a magistrate's or chieftain's name. The overall composition reflects the degenerate but energetic style of late Gaulish coinage from the central Loire region. |
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| Mintage | ND (80 BC - 50 BC) |
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