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Gold Plated Stater - Cunobelin Cunobelinus Plastic B Type Contemporary Counterfeit
| Issuer | Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 20-43 |
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| Currency | Stater |
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| Obverse lettering | CA-MV |
| Reverse description | A stylised Celtic horse prances to the right, rendered in the degenerate but energetic artistic tradition characteristic of late Catuvellaunian coinage. A branch or floral ornament appears above the horse in the upper field. The legend CVNO is inscribed below the horse, with the letter B positioned in the field before the horse's head. Additional pellet ornaments are placed above and below the horse's body, notably absent near the head and below the tail. The overall composition reflects the Plastic B die style associated with the Cunobelin series. |
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Contemporary counterfeits of Cunobelinus staters are well-documented and circulated alongside official issues during his reign — the longest of any recorded pre-Roman British ruler, spanning roughly four decades. These plated pieces, sometimes called "fourrées" in the broader ancient coinage literature, were not necessarily the work of criminal operations; in a monetary environment without centralised enforcement, locally produced imitations likely passed without controversy in everyday exchange.
The Plastic B classification places this within a specific die-linked stylistic group. Cunobelinus ruled from Camulodunum — modern Colchester — which Shakespeare later immortalised as Cymbeline.