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Gold Plated 1/4 Stater - Tasciovanos Tasciovanos Vero Cam Contemporary Counterfeit
| Issuer | Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 25 BC - 10 AD |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Two crossed wreaths, one curved, arranged in quadrants with back-to-back crescents at the centre. A blundered, partially legible inscription appears in the angles between the wreaths, reflecting the debased die-cutting characteristic of a contemporary counterfeit. The overall design is a degraded imitation of the standard Tasciovanos quarter stater obverse type. The field is plain and the flan irregular in shape. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A stylised Celtic horse with a short-legged, compact, full-bodied form advances to the left, positioned above an exergual line. The horse is rendered in the schematic, abstracted manner typical of late Iron Age British coinage, with vestigial anatomical detail. A partially legible inscription, possibly reading VI or incorporating a retrograde N, appears in the field above the horse. The overall execution is crude, consistent with the coin's identification as a contemporary base-metal counterfeit of the Tasciovanos Verulamium issue. |
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