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Gold Plated ¼ Stater Ringpole Left Contemporary Counterfeit
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| Year | 65 BC - 58 BC |
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| Value | ¼ Stater |
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| Obverse description | Highly abstracted, stylised head of Apollo facing left, rendered in the characteristically schematic Late Iron Age British manner. The hairbar is depicted as a single incuse spike ornamented with evenly spaced pellets and terminating in a ringed pellet; leaf-like hair strands above the hairbar curve inward at their tips, while those below curve outward. Opposed, symmetrically arranged hair curls appear behind the head. A conjoined pair of linear crescents occupies the left field, and a vertical cloak element is rendered below the bust. |
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| Reverse description | Disjointed, stylised horse prancing left, its body rendered in segmented geometric form typical of British Iron Age coinage. A prominent ringpole motif appears at the horse's breast, while the mane is articulated as a series of beaded or curled pellets. The tail is depicted in triple form, each terminal ending in a pellet. A floral sunburst rosette occupies the upper field above the horse, and a cogwheel device fills the lower field beneath. |
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Contemporary counterfeits of Gaulish quarter staters were produced close enough to the originals in time and place that they likely circulated without detection — the plating sufficient to pass in everyday exchange where precise assay was impossible. The ringpole type belongs to a period of intensifying Roman pressure on Gallic territories, when disrupted trade networks and political instability created both the incentive and the opportunity for debased imitations to enter circulation.