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Gold Plated Stater - Tasciovanos Warrior Series B Contemporary Counterfeit
| Issuer | Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 20 BC - 15 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | TASC |
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Contemporary counterfeits of Tasciovanos staters were not crude opportunism — they required someone with access to dies, plating technology, and an understanding of how gold coinage circulated in late Iron Age Britain. The bronze core would have been fire-gilded or foil-wrapped, convincing enough to pass in low-scrutiny exchange. That this example references the Warrior Series B type suggests the forger was copying a coin already in active circulation, most likely within Catuvellauni territory centered on Verulamium.
BMC Iron Age 1614 anchors the attribution firmly despite the counterfeit status.