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Gold 1/4 Stater - Regni South Coast Cogwheel
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 65 BC - 50 BC |
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| Weight | 1.4 g |
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| Obverse description | Derived from the classical wreath motif, the obverse displays a highly stylised arrangement of leaf-shaped pellets filling the central field, representing a debased wreath. To the right, a series of concentric curved lines form a decorative crescent or cloak element, rendered in the characteristically abstract La Tène artistic style. The design is entirely anepigraphic, with no legend or inscription present. |
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| Reverse description | A stylised triple-tailed horse is depicted moving to the right, its body rendered in the abstract Celtic manner with sinuous, curvilinear lines. Above the horse, a floral or rosette sun symbol occupies the upper field. Below the horse, a prominent cogwheel or wheel motif with clearly defined teeth and a central boss is the type's defining diagnostic feature. The entire composition is anepigraphic and executed in the fluid, geometric La Tène style typical of southern British Celtic coinage. |
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The Cogwheel type belongs to a cluster of uninscribed gold issues from the Sussex coastal region, almost certainly circulating as a means of payment among tribal elites and cross-Channel trading networks before Roman intervention reshaped southern British coinage entirely. The English Channel was not a barrier here but a corridor — Gaulish influences on the stater tradition arrived via exactly these coastal tribes.
ABC 581 is notably lightweight even against other quarter stater issues, suggesting either deliberate weight reduction during the period or significant die-to-die variation in the series. No inscribed successor type has been firmly attributed to this specific cogwheel die family.