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Tetradrachm Velemer ohne Gesichtsrand Type
| Issuer | Celts of Pannonia |
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| Year | 200 BC - 101 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylised Celtic interpretation of a beardless, diademed male head facing right, rendered without a defined facial border (ohne Gesichtsrand) in characteristic Pannonian abstract style. The pearl diadem is rendered as a prominent row of pellets arcing across the cranium, while the hair is depicted as a series of bold, sweeping incised lines and leaf-shaped locks radiating from the crown. The facial features are schematically modelled, with a globular eye, a vestigial nose, and a simplified chin, reflecting the advanced Celticisation of the Hellenistic prototype. The field is plain and uninscribed, and the flan is slightly irregular and convex. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The "Velemer type" takes its name from the Velemer hoard found in western Hungary, one of several large deposits that have defined our understanding of late Pannonian Celtic silver coinage. These issues circulated among tribes occupying the region between the Danube and the eastern Alps during a period of sustained pressure from Roman expansion to the south and west — pressure that likely accelerated the hoarding behavior responsible for most surviving examples. The "ohne Gesichtsrand" designation marks the absence of a facial border, a feature used by Göbl and Pink to distinguish die progressions within this tightly grouped type.