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Gold 1/4 Stater - Belgae Petal Saltire
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 55 BC - 45 BC |
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| Currency | Stater |
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| Obverse description | Stylised floral saltire design executed in the Celtic abstract tradition, comprising eight radiating petals or lobes emanating from a central ring enclosing a small rosette or pellet-in-annulet motif. The petal elements are rendered in relief with beaded or striated texturing, creating a dynamic, symmetrical composition across the flan. A crescent or annulet symbol is visible to the left of the central device, consistent with typical Atrebatic decorative vocabulary. The entire design fills the irregularly shaped flan, with no inscriptions or legends present, as is characteristic of this uninscribed series. |
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| Mintage | ND (55 BC - 45 BC) |
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Produced in the decade bracketing Julius Caesar's two expeditions to Britain (55 and 54 BC), these fractional staters circulated among the Atrebates at a moment of acute political pressure. Caesar's campaigns did not conquer the southeast, but they restructured its power relationships — Commios of the Atrebates served as Caesar's envoy before eventually turning against Rome, and coinage of this period reflects a tribe navigating between collaboration and resistance. Whether this piece predates or postdates that rupture cannot be fixed with certainty.