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Gold 1/4 Stater - Regni Sussex Triple Sun
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 65 BC - 50 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse description | Stylised and deeply abstracted Celtic horse motif in the La Tène tradition, depicted in profile moving to the left, its body fragmentary and dissolved into curvilinear forms and pellets. Below the horse is a large annulet with a central pellet, and further pellets and curved lines are scattered throughout the field. A prominent curved or crescent-like element occupies the lower right field, possibly representing a wheel or celestial symbol. The design derives ultimately from the Macedonian gold stater prototype but is thoroughly re-interpreted in the abstract Celtic idiom, with no inscription or legend present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Atrebates occupied territory spanning both sides of the Channel, and their coinage tradition derived ultimately from Macedonian gold staters carried into Gaul by mercenaries returning from service under Philip II and Alexander. The fractional quarter stater denominations like this one were the workhorses of elite exchange — land, cattle, and political alliance, not market transactions.
ABC 608 is distinguished by the triple sun arrangement, a motif appearing in a tight cluster of related dies suggesting a single short production run. The Sussex findspot concentration points to Chichester as the probable distribution center, later formalized as Noviomagus under Cogidubnus.