Gold 1/4 Stater Fishbourne

The Atrebates occupied a territory centered roughly on modern Berkshire and Hampshire, with strong cross-Channel connections to the Belgic Atrebates of Gaul — a relationship that almost certainly shaped the design traditions and metal sources of their coinage. The Fishbourne type, named for the findspot near the later Roman palace site in West Sussex, represents one of the earlier fractional gold issues attributed to this tribal grouping, predating the better-documented dynastic coinages of rulers like Tincomarus and Verica by several generations.

Quarter staters of this period circulated primarily as high-value exchange tokens within elite networks rather than everyday commerce. At 1.4g, the gold content still commanded real economic weight.