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Gold 1/4 Stater - Regni Wheel and Rings
| 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 | Abstracted wreath motif rendered in the Celtic artistic tradition, composed of flowing curvilinear lines and pellet ornaments filling the field. A schematic, concealed facial profile is embedded within the design, a characteristic feature of Late Iron Age British coinage in which the laureate head derived from Macedonian prototypes has been progressively stylised into near-abstract form. The surface is unmarked by legend or inscription, consistent with pre-conquest uninscribed coinage of the Atrebates and Regini. The flan is small and irregular, typical of the hammered quarter stater denomination. |
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| Reverse description | A stylised horse galloping to the right, its body rendered in the energetic, abstracted manner characteristic of Late Iron Age British coinage. Three elongated, flowing tail lines extend behind the horse, a distinctive typological feature of this issue. Above the horse, a multi-spoked wheel is depicted with a prominent hub ring, a solar or ceremonial symbol recurring across Atrebatean coinage. Below the horse, two ringed pellets are positioned symmetrically, and additional rings are dispersed across the field, enhancing the decorative composition. The design is anepigraphic, with no legend present. |
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The Atrebates maintained close ties with their Gaulish counterparts across the Channel — Caesar's campaigns would later exploit exactly those networks, using pro-Roman Atrebatan leaders like Commius as political instruments before he turned against Rome around 52 BC. Coins of this type predate that rupture, circulating during a period when cross-Channel movement of people, goods, and coinage was routine enough that British and continental die styles show clear mutual influence.
ABC 563 is a uninscribed type, predating the named ruler series that would emerge among the Atrebates within a generation.