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Gold Plated Stater South Ferriby Owl Eyes Contemporary Counterfeit
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| Year | 45 BC - 10 BC |
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| Weight | 5.39 g |
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| Obverse description | Highly abstracted and degenerate effigy of Apollo facing right, derived from the classical Macedonian stater prototype. The wreath is rendered with leaves turned inwards, accompanied by a stylised cloak and crescent motifs. The die work is severely obliterated, rendering the surface nearly plain with only vestigial design elements discernible. The simplification is characteristic of late British Iron Age coinage traditions and consistent with the crudely struck nature of contemporary counterfeits of the South Ferriby type. |
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| Reverse description | A lunate horse progressing to the left, rendered in the highly stylised, disjointed manner typical of the South Ferriby coinage series. A boot-like object appears in the central field beneath the horse's body. Two prominent ringed-pellet eyes — each comprising a large spiral enclosing a ring of pellets surrounding a central pellet — appear above the horse, giving this variety its distinctive 'owl eyes' designation. A five-pointed star motif, representing a solar symbol, is placed in the lower field below the horse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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