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Gold Plated Stater - Belgae Cheriton Smiler Contemporary Counterfeit
| Emittente | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
|---|---|
| Anno | 65 BC - 55 BC |
| Tipo | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Valore | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Valuta | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Composizione | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Peso | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Diametro | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Spessore | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Forma | Round (irregular) |
| Tecnica | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Orientamento | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Incisore/i | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| In circolazione fino al | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Riferimento/i | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Descrizione del dritto | Highly abstracted and stylised derivation of the laureate head of Apollo, rendered in the Celtic artistic idiom characteristic of British Iron Age coinage. The design is decomposed into a series of bold parallel lines representing the hair, interspersed with pellets and curvilinear elements suggesting the facial features. The overall composition fills the irregularly shaped flan in a dynamic, non-centralised arrangement. The gold plating is largely worn or lost, exposing the underlying bronze core, which exhibits green patination consistent with prolonged burial. No legend or inscription is present, as is typical of this series. |
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| Scrittura del dritto | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Legenda del dritto | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Descrizione del rovescio | Highly stylised and fragmented representation of a horse moving to the right, the characteristic reverse type of the Cheriton Smiler series and related Atrebatic stater coinage. The horse's body is broken into abstracted components — curved lines, pellets, and annulets — disposed across the flan in the manner typical of late British Iron Age die-engraving. Subsidiary symbols including pellets, crescents, and ring-and-dot motifs are scattered in the field around the horse. A rudimentary ground line composed of short strokes is visible below the horse. No inscription is present; the exposed bronze core shows considerable verdigris patination indicative of its status as a base-metal counterfeit of the period. |
| Scrittura del rovescio | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Legenda del rovescio | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Bordo | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Zecca | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Tiratura | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Informazioni aggiuntive |
Contemporary counterfeits of Gallo-Belgic staters circulated widely enough in late Iron Age Britain that tribal authorities appear to have made no serious effort to suppress them — purchasing power depended on weight and gold content, and a plated piece that passed muster in exchange was functionally acceptable until it wasn't. The "Smiler" type takes its name from the distinctive arc formed by the degraded classical head derived ultimately from Philip II of Macedon's stater coinage, transmitted through generations of Gallo-Belgic copying until the original source was barely recognizable.
The Cheriton find association places this forgery within a documented regional cluster from Hampshire — territory belonging to the Atrebates before Commius established his kingdom there following Caesar's Gallic campaigns.