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Gold 1/4 Stater - Belgae Petersfield Wreath Face
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 65 BC - 40 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | A disjointed Celtic horse depicted in motion to the right, its body rendered in characteristic La Tène abstract style with the rump formed by a prominent crescent or moon-shaped arc. The mane is depicted as a ladder or hatched bar running along the neck. A large central pellet or globule appears beneath the horse's body, accompanied by scattered pellets in the field. A sun-wheel or spoked wheel motif is present above the horse, with a further wheel or ring element visible below, both being common Celtic solar symbols. The field is anepigraphy and unmarked by any legend, with the design distributed across the flan in the loose, dynamic manner typical of southern British quarter staters of the late Iron Age. |
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| Mintage | ND (65 BC - 40 BC) |
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The Atrebates occupied a territory centered roughly on modern Berkshire and Hampshire, maintaining cross-Channel trade connections with their continental Belgic relatives well into the Roman period. This particular wreath-face type is associated with the Petersfield distribution cluster — a find concentration in east Hampshire that suggests either a local issuing authority or a specific circulation zone tied to a market or tribal boundary. The ABC 773 classification places it within a typological sequence that predates the better-documented coinage of Commius, the Atrebatic king who arrived in Britain after falling out with Caesar around 50 BC.