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1/4 Stater Allen's Man
| Issuer | Cantii tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 45 BC - 40 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Uninscribed plain convex field, entirely blank, characteristic of the Celtic stater tradition derived from Macedonian prototypes in which the obverse laurel wreath motif has been progressively abstracted into an undecorated, slightly domed surface. The flan is irregular in outline with natural fissures and surface irregularities typical of hammered Celtic gold coinage. |
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| Reverse description | A highly stylised and abstracted Celtic rendering of a Roman military trophy occupies the central field. A tall vertical shaft with horizontal cross-members, interpreted as the trophy pole and armour, dominates the centre, flanked by diverse symbolic elements: a crosshatched rectangular panel to the right, a pellet-in-annulet motif at lower right, a sunburst or star motif at lower centre, a crescent enclosing a pellet or star at upper right, and additional geometric ornaments at left and lower left. The composition reflects the Late Iron Age Cantian artistic idiom of reducing classical figural imagery into bold geometric and abstract components. No inscription or legend is present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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