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Gold 1/4 Stater - Regni Compton Corn Ear
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 65 BC - 50 BC |
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| Value | 1/4 Stater |
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| Reverse description | Highly stylised Celtic horse advancing to the right, its distinctive rump rendered as a prominent crescent or moon shape. Above the horse's back appears a naturalistic leaf or corn-ear motif. To the upper right, a circular pellet-in-ring device is visible, while below the horse a concentric arc motif, representing a petalled or rayed sun symbol, fills the lower field. The overall design is executed in the fluid, disjointed Celtic artistic style typical of Reginian quarter stater coinage of this period. |
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| Mintage | ND (65 BC - 50 BC) |
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The Compton Corn Ear type takes its name from a find site in West Sussex, squarely within the tribal territory of the Atrebates and Regini. These fractional gold staters circulated during a period when cross-Channel trade with Gaulish tribes was reshaping the monetary habits of southern Britain — smaller denominations facilitated exchange at a level the full stater couldn't serve. ABC 599 is a relatively well-documented type within the series, but individual specimens vary considerably in flan quality, a direct consequence of the hand-rolled blanks used in Celtic gold production.