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Gold Plated Stater - Epaticcus Corn Ear Warrior Contemporary Counterfeit
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 35-43 |
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| Value | Stater (1) |
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| Obverse lettering | TAS - CIF (Translation: Son of Tasciovanus .) |
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| Reverse lettering | EPATI - (C)C - V |
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Epaticcus ruled the Atrebates in the decades immediately before the Claudian invasion of 43 AD, expanding aggressively into Catuvellaunian territory — a political instability that likely drove demand for plated forgeries as genuine gold coinage became harder to trust or obtain. Contemporary counterfeits of this type were produced by coating a bronze flan with gold leaf or wash, a deception sophisticated enough to circulate alongside genuine issues.
The "cf." references across every major catalogue reflect the classificatory difficulty: no two plated pieces are struck from identical die pairs to confirmed genuine specimens, complicating attribution.