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Gold Plated Stater North East Coast Three Line Contemporary Counterfeit
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| Year | 55 BC - 45 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylised and degenerate rendering of a laureate head derived from the Macedonian gold stater prototype, executed in a coarse Celtic idiom characteristic of north-east coastal British workshop production. The facial features are reduced to a series of abstracted pellets, curved lines, and lentoid relief elements distributed across the flan, with no legible portrait remaining. The surface exhibits the irregular die-cutting and uneven strike typical of a contemporary counterfeit produced from a base bronze core subsequently plated with gold. No legend or inscription is present in the field. |
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| Reverse description | Stylised disjointed horse motif in the Celtic tradition, rendered in highly abstracted form with curvilinear body elements and splayed limbs visible in the upper register of the flan. A cluster of pellets arranged in a triangular or pyramidal grouping occupies the lower field, consistent with the three-line type diagnostic of north-east coast British staters. The reverse border shows traces of a beaded or pellet outer rim, and the overall die work reflects the crude but purposeful craftsmanship of a contemporary counterfeit imitating locally circulating coinage of the period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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