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Gold Plated Stater Chute-Cheriton Transitional / Curdridge D Contemporary Counterfeit
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| Year | 65 BC - 55 BC |
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| Value | Stater (1) |
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| Obverse description | Highly abstracted effigy of Apollo facing right, rendered in the late Celtic curvilinear style typical of southern British Iron Age coinage. The wreath is depicted with leaf tips pointing inward and upward, accompanied by a distinctive hairbar or spike terminating in a broad sweeping arc. A cloak motif and two linear crescents appear below the head, while occasional pellet triangles are positioned to the right of the wreath, varying between individual specimens. The design reflects the progressive stylistic debasement characteristic of contemporary counterfeit issues derived from the Chute-Cheriton transitional type. |
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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 Iron Age staters — struck from locally made dies copying official Atrebatic or Belgic prototypes — circulated freely enough that recipients apparently accepted them without suspicion, or had little choice. The Chute-Cheriton and Curdridge types sit at a transitional point in southern British coinage, a period when coin-use was expanding rapidly among elites and plated forgeries could pass undetected given the limited metallurgical testing available. That this one survived intact rather than being clipped or pecked for the tell-tale bronze core says something about the care of whoever last held it.