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Gold Plated ¼ Stater Robinson Contemporary Counterfeit

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Year 35 BC - 30 BC
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Obverse description Severely abstracted and stylised head of Apollo facing right, derived from the Gallo-Belgic coinage tradition. The wreath is rendered schematically as two parallel pellet lines, with a prominent central spike flanked by two large pellets and a radiating sunburst motif. A row of oblique dashes, representing the continuation of the wreath, runs through the spike element, filling the field in a distinctly abstract Celtic artistic manner.
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Reverse description Highly stylised Celtic horse with three distinctive annulate tails advancing left, the body decorated with a pellet-in-ring motif on both the breast and rump, characteristic of Late Iron Age British coinage iconography. A cogwheel or rayed sunburst-in-ring device appears both above and below the horse, occupying the upper and lower fields respectively. The overall composition is typical of contemporary counterfeit issues imitating Gallo-Belgic or British quarter stater prototypes, executed in a degenerate but recognisable style.
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Mintage ND (35 BC - 30 BC) - Bronze core
ND (35 BC - 30 BC) - Gold plated
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