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Gold 1/4 Stater - Regni Willett's Nipple
| 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 | Essentially plain, struck on a biconvex flan with a characteristically domed, convex surface typical of this quarter stater series. The field is devoid of primary design elements, though on certain specimens a small raised pellet or nipple appears at or near the centre of the field, a diagnostic feature of this type. No legend, inscription, or border ornament is present. The irregular flan edges, a natural consequence of the hammered striking technique, are clearly visible around the periphery. |
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| Mintage | ND (65 BC - 58 BC) |
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The Atrebates occupied territory spanning both sides of the Channel, and their coinage tradition descends directly from imported Macedonian gold — specifically the staters of Philip II, which circulated so widely across Iron Age Europe that local tribes began copying them, generation after generation, until the original imagery dissolved into pure abstraction. "Willett's Nipple" is a collector nickname derived from a donor who gave early examples to the British Museum, the anatomical reference attached later by the trade to distinguish this specific die group within the broader uninscribed gold coinage preceding Commios.