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Gold Plated Stater Kite Contemporary Counterfeit
| Issuer | Corieltauvi tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 45 BC - 10 BC |
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| Value | Stater (1) |
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| Reverse description | Reverse displaying a stylised Celtic horse in profile facing left, rendered in the abstract curvilinear manner characteristic of Late Iron Age British coinage of the Corieltauvi tribe. The horse is depicted with a rounded body, elongated neck, and simplified limbs, surrounded by pellets or annulets in the field, consistent with the 'kite' stater type (cf. ABC 1761, Van Arsdell 825). The design is crudely executed relative to official issues, with blundered or omitted ancillary symbols, reflecting the nature of a contemporary counterfeit. The gold plating survives partially on the higher relief areas, while the bronze core is exposed at the worn and corroded margins of the irregular flan. |
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| Mintage | ND (45 BC - 10 BC) - Base core - ND (45 BC - 10 BC) - Gold plated - |
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Contemporary counterfeits of Iron Age staters are not medieval forgeries or modern fabrications — they were made at the time, circulating alongside genuine issues, almost certainly produced by smiths who understood exactly what they were doing. The Corieltauvi occupied a broad territory across what is now Lincolnshire and the East Midlands, and their coinage circulated in a tribal economy where detection of a plated piece required either cutting the flan or significant wear through to the bronze core.
The "cf." references across every major catalog confirm no precise die-match has been established for this piece specifically.