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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 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A highly abstracted Celtic horse depicted in profile, rendered in the characteristic schematic style of the Atrebates tribal coinage. The horse's body is represented by bold, sweeping curves and pellet groupings, with limbs suggested by linear strokes; a prominent ringed pellet or sun-wheel motif appears in the lower field below the animal. A vertical element interpreted as a ringpole or standard is visible in the field, a diagnostic feature of this Ratham Ringpole type. The composition is enclosed within the irregular flan boundary, with no legible inscription present. |
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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.