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Gold Plated Stater Norfolk Wolf Left Pellet Triad Contemporary Counterfeit
| Issuer | Iceni tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 50 BC - 15 BC |
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| Currency | Stater |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylised and abstracted Celtic design derived from the classical wreathed head prototype, rendered in the characteristically schematic Late Iron Age British manner. The obverse field displays a complex arrangement of curved and interlocking linear elements, residual vestiges of the original Macedonian stater obverse, reduced to near-geometric abstraction. The surface retains traces of gold plating over a bronze flan, consistent with a contemporary counterfeit or subaerate issue. The irregular flan edges and variable relief are characteristic of unofficial Icenic production. No legible inscription or lettering is present. |
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| Mintage | ND (50 BC - 15 BC) |
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Contemporary counterfeits of Iceni staters — bronze cores flash-plated with gold to pass in circulation — were produced close enough in time and place to the official issues that distinguishing intent from crude official striking is genuinely contested among specialists. The Norfolk Wolf Left series with pellet triads represents one of the more precisely attributed regional variants, localized to East Anglia through metal-detector find distributions that have transformed our understanding of Iceni monetary geography over the past four decades.
The plating technique on surviving examples varies considerably; some show deliberate and skillful application, suggesting a forger working near a mint source rather than a casual opportunist.