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Gold 1/4 Stater Bury Cogwheels / Bury
| Issuer | Iceni tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 50 BC - 40 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | A stylised horse depicted in vigorous gallop to the right, rendered in the abstract Celtic manner typical of Icenic coinage. The mane is indicated by a series of short dashes, the ears are shown drooping forward, and the eye is represented by a single pellet. Above the horse, between two small rings, a cogwheel motif is prominently placed in the upper field. A ringed pellet appears in the field to the front of the horse, and a second cogwheel is positioned in the lower field beneath the animal. A hobble-chain motif encircles the lower portion of the composition, a distinctive diagnostic feature of this type. |
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| Mintage | ND (50 BC - 40 BC) |
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The Iceni occupied what is now Norfolk and Suffolk, and their coinage developed largely independent of Continental Gaulish influence — a regional tradition that makes typological attribution genuinely difficult. The "Bury" type designation originates from find concentrations around Bury St Edmunds, though hoards across the Breckland suggest a broader circulation within Iceni territory. No mint site has been identified with certainty.
Quarter staters of this type are significantly rarer than their full-stater counterparts, and the cogwheel motif appears on a narrow cluster of related Icenian issues spanning perhaps a single generation of production.