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Gold Plated 1/4 Stater - Belgae Winchester Cross Wreath 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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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (55 BC - 45 BC) - Base core - ND (55 BC - 45 BC) - Gold plated - |
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Contemporary counterfeits of Atrebatic quarter staters are well-documented but rarely surface in identifiable condition. These plated pieces — struck from the same dies as official issues, or near-identical copies — circulated alongside genuine gold coinage, suggesting either organized production or tacit acceptance within local exchange networks. The deliberate plating over a bronze core required real metallurgical skill, which complicates any simple dismissal of these as crude fakes.
ABC 830 places the genuine type within the late pre-conquest issues of the Atrebates, a tribe whose territory straddled modern Hampshire and Sussex. At 0.76g, this piece falls well below even a genuine quarter stater's already reduced weight.