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Gold Plated Stater - Verica Vine Leaf Viri / Vine Leaf Leaping Horse Contemporary Counterfeit
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| Year | 25-35 |
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| Currency | Stater |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (25-35) - Base core ND (25-35) - Gold plated |
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Contemporary counterfeits of Atrebatan gold staters circulated during the early first century AD as Roman economic pressure and tribal instability disrupted the supply of legitimate coinage in southern Britain. Plating a bronze core with gold was skilled work — these were not crude forgeries but calculated substitutions, likely passed deliberately in markets or tribute payments where close inspection was unlikely.
Verica's issues are already among the thinner gold staters of the series, which made plated copies harder to detect by weight alone.