Reproduction Vindeliker Rainbow Cup Gold Stater

Obverse: Birds head left in wreath-shaped torque.

Reverse: Celtic torque and three balls. The torque was a symbol of power intended for the gods.

History: The Vindeliker were a Celtic tribe located in the Alps between Lake Constance and Inn, one of their most important cities was located at Manching. This coin is known as a Regenbogenschüsselchen or rainbow cup stater. It gets its name from its shape and also after the legend, according to which the coins pointed to the contact of a rainbow on the earth as the coins were often found after rainfalls on a ploughed field.

Date: South Germany, 2nd century BC

Diameter: 1.5cm