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Gold Plated Stater North East Coast Right Type with Sun Contemporary Counterfeit
| Issuer | Corieltauvi tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 55 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylised and abstracted derivation of an Apollo head facing right, rendered in the Late Iron Age Celtic tradition. The wreath is depicted with leaves turned inward, accompanied by a cloak and crescent motifs. A prominent spike flanked by two crescents dominates the upper field, while a diagonal linear depression appears to the right of the curls. A stylised yoke device is positioned to the right of the linear depression, and a spiral element appears further right. The curls of the hair are rendered almost as complete circles rather than true crescents, and the design is enriched with small pellets near the crescents and spike, with numerous tiny pellets often scattered throughout the field. |
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| Reverse description | Disarticulated sinuous horse advancing right in the characteristic Celtic schematic style, with the neck formed by two distinct curves. Below the neck appears a pellet, occasionally replaced by a spiral or star motif. Above the horse, pellets and the abstracted arm of a charioteer are depicted. A so-called coffee-bean symbol is placed behind the horse. Beneath the composition, a pelletal sun or sunflower device is prominently featured. The exergue is defined by two parallel lines enclosing a zig-zag-and-pellets pattern between them. |
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| Mintage | ND (-55) |
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