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Gold 1/4 Stater - Regni Moon Star
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 65 BC - 58 BC |
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| Diameter | 10 mm |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylised and abstracted derivation of a classical laureate head, rendered in the late Iron Age Celtic tradition. The design features a schematic arrangement of curvilinear lines, pellets, and lentoid elements representing the disintegrated facial features of the original Macedonian prototype. A prominent concentric circle motif dominates the central field, surrounded by hatched and striated elements suggesting hair or diadem remnants. The overall composition is characteristic of the Atrebatic coinage tradition, reflecting the progressive geometric abstraction of Hellenistic imagery by British Celtic die-cutters. |
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| Reverse description | Bilaterally symmetrical design featuring two confronted yin-yang-like spiral motifs, each enclosed within a circular border, flanked by four stylised star or sun symbols with projecting rays positioned at the cardinal and diagonal points of the flan. Crescentic or lunate elements appear between the stars, giving rise to the type designation 'Moon Star'. The composition is executed with considerable precision and decorative symmetry, characteristic of the Regni/Atrebatic quarter stater series. The field is otherwise plain, and the flan retains its characteristic irregular hammered outline. |
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| Mintage | ND (65 BC - 58 BC) |
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