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Gold 1/4 Stater - Regni Bognor Sun Flower
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 65 BC - 50 BC |
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| Weight | 1.4 g |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylised Celtic wreath design executed in the La Tène artistic tradition, composed of sinuous, intertwining leaf and tendril motifs rendered in relief. Within the abstract foliage, a concealed anthropomorphic face is embedded, a characteristic feature of the Atrebatic quarter stater series, discernible through carefully arranged curvilinear elements suggesting eyes and facial contours. The field is filled with flowing scroll-work and pellet ornaments, with no inscription or legend present. The flan is irregular and slightly convex, consistent with the hammered production technique of late Iron Age British coinage. |
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| Reverse description | A stylised Celtic horse rendered in profile facing left, distinguished by three streaming tails — a defining diagnostic feature of this type — rendered with bold, curvilinear relief lines. Above the horse, a prominent floral sun motif with radiating petals is depicted, giving the type its conventional 'Sunflower' attribution. Below the horse, a cogwheel or wheel-like ornament occupies the lower field, surrounded by scattered pellets and annulets. The composition is executed in the abstract La Tène style, with no legend or inscription present. The flan is irregularly shaped, typical of hammered Celtic gold coinage of the late first century BC. |
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The Atrebates occupied territory across both sides of the Channel, and coins of this type circulated in a network that connected southern Britain with Belgic Gaul long before Roman administration formalized those trade routes. The "Bognor Sun Flower" designation is a modern dealer and collector convention — no ancient tribal name or mint attribution was ever stamped on the piece. The abstract style derives from progressive stylistic degradation of the original Macedonian gold stater of Philip II, copied and recopied by successive Celtic die cutters until the prototype became unrecognizable.