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Gold 1/4 Stater Ratham Ringpole Narrow Wreath
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 65 BC - 50 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (65 BC - 50 BC) |
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The Atrebates occupied territory stretching from modern Hampshire into Sussex and Berkshire, with strong continental ties to the Belgic Atrebates of Gaul — Caesar's campaigns in the late 50s BC disrupted those cross-Channel networks directly, and coins like this one predate that rupture. The "Ringpole" and "Narrow Wreath" designations are die-variety classifications developed by John Sills in his systematic work on British Celtic gold, distinguishing fractional staters that would otherwise appear nearly identical to the untrained eye.
Quarter staters of this type circulated as high-value transactional pieces, likely used in elite exchange rather than everyday trade.