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Gold 1/4 Stater - Belgae Ringed Horse Right

Issuer Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain)
Year 55 BC - 45 BC
Type Standard circulation coin
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Edge Plain
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Mintage ND (55 BC - 45 BC)
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The Atrebates occupied the territory roughly corresponding to modern Berkshire, Hampshire, and West Sussex — the same ground Julius Caesar crossed during his British expeditions of 55 and 54 BC. These fractional gold pieces circulated within a tribal economy where coins functioned as much as prestige objects and gift-exchange tokens as everyday transaction currency. The ring motif surrounding the horse is a diagnostic feature of ABC 818 and helps distinguish it from closely related Atrebatic quarter stater types struck across the same decades.

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