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Gold Plated Stater - Boduoc Boduoc Bold Contemporary Counterfeit
| Issuer | Dobunni tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 15 BC - 10 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Plain, unadorned field bearing the retrograde or boldly rendered Latin inscription BODVOC centrally positioned across the flan. The legend, referencing the Dobunnic ruler Boduoc, is rendered in a characteristically bold and irregular Celtic lettering style, occupying the full width of the field with no additional decorative elements. The die-cutting is somewhat crude, consistent with the coin's identification as a contemporary counterfeit of the prototype stater. The flan surface is uneven, reflecting the hammered production technique typical of Late Iron Age Celtic coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Boduoc was among the later Dobunni rulers issuing coinage in the decades before the Claudian invasion, operating from the tribe's territory centered roughly on modern Gloucestershire. This piece is a contemporary counterfeit — not a modern fake, but an ancient forgery struck close in time to the genuine issue, likely by an unauthorized local die-cutter plating a base core to pass in circulation. Such pieces entered the monetary stream alongside authentic coins and were often accepted without scrutiny.
The BMC Iron Age reference 3135 anchors this to a documented counterfeit class rather than a one-off deception.