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Gold Plated Stater - Cunobelin Cunobelinus Wild Contemporary Counterfeit
| Issuer | Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 10-20 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Reverse presents a crudely rendered horse prancing to the right, derived from the standard Cunobelin stater reverse type, though executed with the schematic, debased style characteristic of a contemporary forgery. The horse figure retains recognisable limb forms and a curved body, but lacks the refined detail of the official issue, with ancillary symbols reduced to indistinct marks in the field. Below the horse, the abbreviated legend CVNO, identifying Cunobelin as issuing authority, is partially legible in coarse Latin lettering. The flan is irregular and shows significant green corrosion over the bronze substrate, consistent with loss of the applied gold plating. Overall, the reverse composition closely follows the prototype of ABC 2777 but is unmistakably the product of an unofficial, contemporary counterfeit operation. |
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| Reverse lettering | CVNO (Translation: Cunobelin.) |
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