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Gold 1/4 Stater - East Wiltshire Three Wheels Right Type
| Issuer | Dobunni tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 55 BC - 45 BC |
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| Reference(s) | ABC#2093 , Van Arsdell#224 , Sp#48 , BMC Iron#498-501 , Mack#64 |
| Obverse description | Highly stylised Celtic abstract design derived from a classical wreathed head, rendered in the characteristically fluid La Tène artistic tradition. The field is filled with curvilinear foliate motifs, comma-shaped pellets, and sinuous lines representing the disintegrated laureate wreath and facial features of the prototype. A prominent spoked wheel or solar disc element is visible in the lower right quadrant of the flan, serving as a key identifying feature of this type. The entire design is executed in low relief on an irregularly shaped hammered flan with no inscriptions or legends. |
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| Reverse description | A stylised Celtic horse prances to the right across the centre of the flan, rendered in the abstract La Tène manner with exaggerated limbs and a curved, arching body. Above the horse's back is a large spoked wheel with a central pellet, one of the three wheel motifs that define this type. Beneath the horse's body appears a second, smaller spoked wheel or ring ornament, also with a central boss. Additional pellets and curvilinear decorative elements fill the remaining field. The design is uninscribed and struck on an irregularly shaped hammered flan typical of British Celtic coinage of this period. |
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| Mintage | ND (55 BC - 45 BC) |
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