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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 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylised and fragmented Celtic interpretation of an Apollo head facing right, rendered in the La Tène artistic tradition. The design is dominated by a prominent wreath or hair arrangement depicted as a series of vertical striated lines across the upper field, separated from the lower facial elements by a beaded horizontal band. A central pellet-in-annulet motif marks the junction of the composition, flanked by wavy lines evoking the hair or laurel strands. The lower portion of the field contains abstracted facial features — including curvilinear cheek and chin forms punctuated by a central pellet — creating the characteristic 'hidden face' effect diagnostic of this type. The entire composition is uninscribed and anepigraphy, consistent with pre-dynastic Celtic coinage of southern Britain. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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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.