Kroisbacher type

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Front of a Kroisbacher
Back of a Kroisbacher

As Fertőrákos type is called a special ostkeltische coin as Tetradrachme or Obol was pronounced and in today's Burgenland and western Hungary is located.

East Celtic coins

Celtic coins are usually imitating when choosing a motif. Tetradrachms of the Macedonian king Philip II and his son Alexander III were the model for the East Celtic region . The Celts had come into contact with Greek silver money at the latest on their migrations and raids in Greece, Thrace and Asia Minor . They also received it consistently as wages from various Hellenistic rulers. The area of ​​origin of the earliest East Celtic imprints was today's area between Bulgaria and Romania , from where it spread north and west into today's Burgenland.

designation

The name Kroisbacher comes from the place where the coins were first found. In 1910 an important coin find from Kroisbach, today's Fertőrákos in Győr-Moson-Sopron County, became known. The person in charge of the art history museum at the time, Wilhelm Kubitschek , received 75 pieces from a Viennese merchant for inspection and was the first to describe the coins. In total, however, the treasure trove should have comprised 100 to 120 specimens.

motive

Characteristic of the obverse of the Kroisbacher type is a characteristic, beardless head with a three-row pearl diadem facing to the right. This typology also has a certain broad impact and is continued with the “Velemer type”. The depiction of the head is probably not a portrait. The appearance of the nose ranges from straight to broken. A strong horse with a stylized rider is characteristic of the lapel . The rider is also known as the rider stump. In contrast to other East Celtic coins, where the coin image was minted beyond recognition, the focus was on the aesthetics of the coin image.

Dating

The first Kroisbacher type is typologically based on the early Noric coins such as “Kugelreiter” or “Warasdin types”. The typological and metrological comparison with neighboring coin stands suggest that the Kroisbacher type dates back to the middle of the first half of the 2nd century BC. To date. The average weight of the tetradrachms is 12.41 g.

literature

  • Robert Göbl : East Celtic Type Atlas. Klinkhardt and Biermann, Braunschweig 1973.
  • Karl Pink : The coinage of the Eastern Celts and their neighbors. 1974, ISBN 3-7814-0065-4 .
  • Bernward Ziegaus: Celtic money. Coins of the Celts and neighboring non-Greek peoples. State Coin Collection Munich, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-922840-25-1 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernward Ziegaus, Kelten Geld - Christian Flesche Collection, p. 8
  2. ^ Wilhelm Kubitschek : A find of Celtic coins from Kroisbach. In: Numismatic Journal. New Series, Volume 3, 1910, pp. 37-43.