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Gold 1/4 Stater - Regni Phallic Geometric
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 65 BC - 58 BC |
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| Value | 1/4 Stater |
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| Obverse description | Uninscribed convex surface exhibiting a plain, unmarked gold field with no deliberate iconographic design. The flan is irregularly shaped with a slightly lobate perimeter, characteristic of hand-struck Celtic quarter staters of this period. The surface displays a smooth, domed profile consistent with the upper die face, with no discernible device or legend. The absence of decorative motifs on this face is typical of the type, which concentrates its artistic programme entirely on the reverse. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a boldly executed abstract geometric composition in high relief, centrally dominated by a stylised phallic device flanked by a complex arrangement of rectilinear and angular forms. To the upper left, a fan or solar-rayed motif radiates diagonally across the field, abutting a prominent domed or helmet-shaped projection beneath which two triangular elements suggest a schematised face or torque. The remainder of the field is occupied by a cruciform grid of raised bars forming rectangular and square compartments, with a downward-pointing triangle in the lower right quadrant. The overall design is entirely aniconic and non-inscribed, representing a highly abstracted Celtic geometric vocabulary derived ultimately from Macedonian stater prototypes. |
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| Mintage | ND (65 BC - 58 BC) |
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