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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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| Diameter | 12 mm |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylised and degenerate head derived from the classical Apollo prototype of the Macedonian stater tradition, rendered in the La Tène Celtic idiom. The design is heavily abstracted, with curvilinear forms suggesting facial features — a prominent nose, eye socket, and flowing hair strands — reduced to bold, sweeping relief lines across the irregular flan. The surface exhibits significant wear and pitting consistent with a base-metal core, with remnants of the gold wash visible across raised areas. No legible inscription or legend is present; the field is plain and unadorned. |
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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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| Edge | Irregular |
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