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Gold Plated Stater - Tasciovanos Warrior Series A Contemporary Counterfeit
| Issuer | Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 20 BC - 15 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Abstract Late Iron Age design composed of crossed wreath motifs, one curved, with thick back-to-back crescents at the centre separated by one, two, or three pellets in the Celtic tradition. Stylised schematic faces occupy the angles of the composition, each accompanied by pellet-in-ring ornaments near the curves and outline crescents positioned toward the periphery of the flan. The overall design reflects the distinctive geometric abstraction characteristic of British Celtic coinage derived ultimately from Macedonian prototypes. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Contemporary counterfeits of Tasciovanos staters were produced close enough in time to the official issues that they circulated alongside genuine coins without apparent disruption — the Celtic British economy had no centralized mechanism for withdrawal or detection. This example, gold-plated over a bronze core, required meaningful skill to produce: the plating had to survive handling long enough to pass at exchange. That it exists at all tells us something about the volume and predictability of coin use in late Iron Age Catuvellauni territory under Tasciovanos, whose reign saw the first sustained gold coinage output centered around Verulamium.