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Gold Plated Stater Middle Whaddon Big Wheel Contemporary Counterfeit
| Issuer | Catuvellauni tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 45 BC - 40 BC |
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| Weight | 3.37 g |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (45 BC - 40 BC) |
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The Whaddon Chase type sits within the broader Gallo-Belgic tradition that swept into Britain during the late first century BC, but contemporary counterfeits of this type — plated bronze cores disguised with gold wash — tell a more immediate story about the pressures on Catuvellaunian exchange. These are not modern forgeries; they circulated alongside the genuine article and were almost certainly produced locally, possibly tolerated or even issued semi-officially during periods when bullion was scarce.
Van Arsdell 1487-03 is among the rarer die pairings in the Middle Whaddon sequence.