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Tetradrachm Adnamati Type
| Issuer | West Noricum |
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| Year | 200 BC - 1 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A mounted warrior gallops energetically to the right upon a sturdy horse, its legs extended in full stride; the rider raises a long spear or lance in his right hand in a striking or brandishing gesture. The figure is rendered in the abstracted Celtic manner, with the body reduced to dynamic curvilinear forms. The legend ADNAMATI appears in Latin characters along the lower portion of the field, identifying this issue as the coinage of the Celtic chieftain or magistrate Adnamatus. A beaded border frames the design, consistent with the broader Norican tetradrachm series. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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West Noricum, occupying roughly modern-day Austria and Slovenia, produced a succession of tribal tetradrachms derived ultimately from Macedonian prototypes, with the Adnamati type representing one of the more localized variants within that tradition. The name references the Adnamati, a Celtic tribal group attested in the region, though the precise political structure behind coin issuance at this level remains debated among specialists.
Kostial 127 is not a common reference number in general circulation — Marcia Kostial's 1997 catalog of Celtic coins from the Manching and related finds remains the standard scholarly anchor for types like this one.