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Gold 1/4 Stater - East Wiltshire Wiltshire Wheels
| Issuer | Dobunni tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 55 BC - 45 BC |
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| Diameter | 10 mm |
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| Obverse description | Stylised wreath motif enclosed within two parallel pellet lines, forming the central field device. A prominent spike or stalk element bearing two large flanking pellets projects upward, accompanied by a radiating sunburst motif across the field. Ring and wing-derived ornamental elements appear in the lower field, rendered in the abstract La Tène artistic tradition characteristic of late Iron Age Celtic coinage. |
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| Reverse description | A highly stylised Celtic horse facing left, depicted with a distinctive double tail rendered as two curving lines, the body composed of annulate ring elements in the La Tène decorative manner. A large spoked wheel with a pellet-decorated rim appears below the horse, accompanied by a single ring. In the upper field, two additional rings flank a further large spoked wheel with pellet rim, the arrangement forming a characteristic wheel-and-ring composition emblematic of this Wiltshire Wheels type. |
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The Dobunni occupied territory centered on what is now Gloucestershire and the surrounding region, and their coinage circulated across a broad swathe of western Britain before the Claudian invasion of 43 AD. The "Wiltshire Wheels" designation reflects the find distribution pattern rather than a tribal subgroup — these pieces turn up disproportionately in East Wiltshire, likely marking the southeastern edge of Dobunni trading reach or a border zone with Atrebatic territory.
ABC 2103 sits within a complex series where die links between fractional staters remain poorly documented.