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Gold Plated ¼ Stater Clacton de Jersey / Clacton Curved Exergue Contemporary Counterfeit
| Issuer | Celtic Tribes of Southern Britain (Trinovantes / Catuvellauni region) |
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| Year | 45 BC - 40 BC |
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| Weight | 1.2 g |
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| Reverse description | Stylised Celtic horse advancing to the right, rendered in characteristic La Tène abstract manner with disjointed limbs and a boldly rendered arched neck with incised parallel lines suggesting a mane. Pellets and annulets appear in the field above and below the horse, serving as decorative fill elements typical of the Clacton type coinage. A curved exergual line defines the lower register, a diagnostic feature of the Clacton Curved Exergue series. The flan is irregular and jagged at the periphery, consistent with a crudely produced contemporary counterfeit struck on a cast bronze blank subsequently gold-plated. |
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| Mintage | ND (45 BC - 40 BC) - Base core ND (45 BC - 40 BC) - Gold plated |
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Contemporary counterfeits of Gallo-Belgic and early British stater fractions circulated widely enough during the late Iron Age that their existence implies an economy already sophisticated enough to be worth defrauding. This piece imitates the Clacton type — a regional derivative of the continental Gallo-Belgic C series — by applying a thin gold wash over a bronze core, a technique requiring controlled heat and leaf gold that was anything but primitive.
The Clacton curved exergue variety is distinguished by die placement that suggests a specific workshop rather than opportunistic copying, pointing toward organized production rather than a lone forger.