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Gold 1/4 Stater - Regni QC Corkscrew
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 65 BC - 50 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylised Celtic design derived from a classical wreath motif, rendered in characteristically abstract La Tène style. A prominent sinuous or corkscrew-like wiggly line bisects the field horizontally, flanked above by a cluster of crescents and pellet-filled voids. Remnants of a schematised cloak or arc-pattern appear in the lower field, executed as a series of raised parallel ridges. The design is entirely anepiographic, with no legend or inscription. The irregular flan exhibits typical hammerwork fabric consistent with late Iron Age British coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Atrebates entered Britain from Belgic Gaul, bringing coinage traditions derived ultimately from the Macedonian gold staters of Philip II, which had circulated as trade currency across Celtic Europe for generations. By the time this quarter stater was struck, the design had been abstracted through successive copying to the point where the original figurative source is barely traceable — the "corkscrew" designation refers to a specific spiral motif that emerged through this degenerative transmission, not any deliberate artistic choice.
ABC 584 is among the more localized issues, with a distribution pattern suggesting production and use concentrated in the Sussex and Hampshire region before Caesar's Gallic campaigns began disrupting cross-channel trade networks.