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Gold 1/4 Stater - Eastern North Thames S-Type
| Issuer | Trinovantes tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 45 BC - 40 BC |
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| Value | 1/4 Stater |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (45 BC - 40 BC) |
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The Trinovantes occupied territory roughly corresponding to modern Essex and southern Suffolk, and by the mid-first century BC were under mounting pressure from the expanding Catuvellauni to the west. These fractional gold pieces likely functioned as elite exchange tokens or warrior payments rather than everyday commerce — the denomination is too small and the metal too valuable for routine market use among an Iron Age agricultural population.
The "S-type" designation reflects a classificatory tradition based on stylistic devolution from earlier Gallo-Belgic prototypes imported into Britain before domestic striking began.