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Gold 1/4 Stater Mildenhall Mystery
| Issuer | Iceni tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 15 BC - 20 AD |
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| Currency | Stater |
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| Obverse description | Central motif of two back-to-back crescents, rendered in the abstract Celtic curvilinear style, set within a complex field of interlocking wreath-like patterns composed of swirling arcs, pellets, and raised lentoid forms. The overall design is highly stylised, filling the flan with dynamic movement typical of Late Iron Age British coinage. No inscription or legend is present. The die-work displays the characteristic organic fluidity of Icenian artistic convention. |
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| Mintage | ND (15 BC - 20 AD) |
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The Iceni occupied what is now Norfolk and Suffolk, and their gold stater coinage was already in decline by the time this fractional issue entered circulation — Roman economic pressure was systematically displacing native gold with imported currency. The "Mildenhall Mystery" designation reflects genuine scholarly disagreement about attribution; the type was grouped under this name precisely because its issuing authority within the Iceni hierarchy cannot be confidently assigned to any named ruler or sub-group.
At 0.9g, these quarters were already pushing the lower practical threshold for everyday exchange. Hoarding, not heavy use, accounts for most surviving examples.