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Gold 1/4 Stater - Regni Chevron and Bulrush

Issuer Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain)
Year 65 BC - 50 BC
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Weight 1.4 g
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Obverse description Highly stylised and abstracted derivative of a laureate head, rendered in the Celtic La Tène artistic tradition. The design features a prominent braided or rope-like element occupying the left field, interpreted as a vestigial hair or wreath motif, composed of interlocking pellets forming a chevron or herringbone pattern. Flanking decorative bosses and pellet-in-annulet ornaments are visible in the lower field. A central vertical band of horizontal lines, likely representing a neck torque or garment, divides the composition. The flan is irregularly shaped and the relief is bold, typical of late Iron Age British coinage of the Atrebates-Regini series.
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Reverse description A stylised horse in profile facing right, rendered in the abstract Celtic manner characteristic of southern British Iron Age coinage. The horse's body is rendered with a large, rounded pellet forming the belly, with curved limb lines extending beneath. Above the horse, a lunate or crescent motif with pellet infill decorates the upper field, while a bulrush or plant symbol appears to the left. Below the horse, a prominent wheel or solar rosette motif with radiating spokes occupies the lower field, accompanied by a stepped exergual line. A pellet-in-annulet ornament appears to the right of the horse, and further decorative fill elements complete the composition in characteristic Atrebatic quarter stater style.
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