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rainbow cup

Rainbow cup (German: Regenbogenschüsselchen, Czech: duhovka from duha - rainbow) is a term for Celtic gold and silver coins found in areas once dominated by the La Tène culture (c. 5th century BCE - 1st century BCE in central Europe). They are curved like a bowl and marked with various symbols and patterns. • Illustration — Electrum rainbow cup with triskelion.

rainbow cup

Straubing (Lower Bavaria).

Wolfgang Sauber · CC BY-SA 3.0

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