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Gold Plated Stater Cheriton Wheel Contemporary Counterfeit
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| Year | 65 BC - 55 BC |
| Type | Contemporary counterfeit coin |
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| Obverse description | Stylised, abstract head of Apollo facing right, executed in the debased Celtic idiom characteristic of contemporary counterfeits of British Iron Age coinage. The hairbar consists of a bold central spine flanked by fine wire lines, issuing from a spoked pellet and terminating in a double-arc motif, the lower arc rendered as a double-line crescent. The wreath above the hairbar is partially replaced on the right side by a ringed pellet functioning as an eye, from which two lines project upward in a V-formation. Cog or toothed ornaments appear above the hair curls and to the right of the eye. Numerous large ringed pellets are distributed prominently beneath the wreath, cloak, and hair curl elements, lending the field a characteristically busy, decorative appearance. |
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| Mintage | ND (65 BC - 55 BC) - Base core ND (65 BC - 55 BC) - Gold plated |
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Contemporary counterfeits of British Iron Age staters are well-documented but rarely discussed with precision. This piece belongs to the "Cheriton Wheel" type, a regional variant circulating in what is now Hampshire and the surrounding chalklands. Gold-plated bronze forgeries were produced during the same period as genuine issues — not later imitations, but contemporary frauds intended to pass in circulation. The plating technique involved wrapping or dipping a bronze flan, and most surviving examples have lost significant surface coverage.
The existence of such forgeries implies enough monetary volume and transactional regularity among Late Iron Age Britons to make counterfeiting worth the risk.