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Gold Plated 1/4 Stater Caesar's Trophy / Tree Triangle Contemporary Counterfeit
| Issuer | Cantii tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 45 BC - 40 BC |
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| Reference(s) | ABC#cf. 192 , Van Arsdell#cf. , Sp#cf. 47 , BMC Iron#444 , Mack#cf. 38 |
| Obverse description | Plain, uninscribed obverse with no peripheral ornament or border decoration. The field is largely blank, possibly retaining faint traces of a banded or striated surface treatment characteristic of certain Cantian quarter stater types. No legend, device, or pellet arrangement is present. The irregular flan shape and heavily corroded gold-plated surface are consistent with a contemporary counterfeit produced in base metal with a gold wash. |
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| Reverse description | Highly stylised rendering of a Roman trophy in the Celtic tradition, derived from imagery associated with Caesar's Gallic victories. The central motif features a schematic trophy form whose lower 'roots' extend outward to delineate a triangular composition. Flanking the central device at the 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock positions are rectangular boxes filled with cross-hatched lines, a decorative convention common to Cantian coinage of this period. No legend is present. The design is executed with the abbreviated, abstract quality typical of late Iron Age British hammered coinage. |
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| Mintage | ND (45 BC - 40 BC) |
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