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Potin with rafters Type Ib
| Issuer | Bellovaci |
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| Year | 50 BC - 20 BC |
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| Composition | Potin |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylized, schematic head facing left in the Celtic tradition, rendered with minimal relief on the cast flan. The facial features are reduced to essentials: a pronounced pointed nose and a single raised globule denoting the eye. The hair is indicated by a single sweeping arc above the head, consistent with the Late Iron Age Belgic artistic vocabulary of geometric abstraction. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse field is divided horizontally into two registers by a raised line. The upper register displays a sinuous or recumbent S-shaped motif lying on its side, a characteristic decorative element of this Bellovaci type. The lower register features three vertical rafter-like or chevron elements side by side, from which the coin series derives its name. The overall composition is boldly cast with strong relief despite the irregular flan, and the design is entirely aniconic and non-epigraphic. |
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| Mintage | ND (50 BC - 20 BC) |
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