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Gold Plated 1/4 Stater - Belgae Hayling Wreath Right Type Contemporary Counterfeit
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 55 BC - 45 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Cruciform design composed of four arms, each containing a leaf or wreath element, radiating symmetrically from a central point. The arrangement reflects the characteristic Celtic abstract interpretation of classical floral and vegetal motifs. The field between the arms is filled with pellets and linear ornamental devices typical of the Hayling Island series. The flan is irregular and slightly convex, consistent with the hammered technique employed in contemporary counterfeit production. No legend or inscription is present. |
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| Reverse description | A stylised horse shown in profile facing right, rendered in the schematic Celtic manner with a beaded or pellet-studded mane along the neck and a distinctively curved, moon-shaped rump. Subsidiary symbols, including a ring or annulet and a cluster of pellets, appear in the field above the horse, consistent with the Hayling Wreath Right type as catalogued under ABC 812. The legs are depicted in an abstracted, disjointed fashion characteristic of late Iron Age British coinage. No legend or inscription is present. The overall design closely imitates the prototype struck by the Atrebates and Regini, though with cruder execution indicative of a contemporary counterfeit. |
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| Mintage | ND (55 BC - 45 BC) |
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