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Gold Stater - Belgae Cheriton Smiler
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 65 BC - 55 BC |
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| Currency | Stater |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylised and abstracted derivation of a laureate head, rendered in the La Tène Celtic artistic tradition. The facial features are dissolved into a series of sinuous curvilinear lines and comma-shaped pellets, with sweeping arc motifs representing the hair fanning outward across the field. A prominent S-curve element occupies the central zone, flanked by ridged linear bands suggesting the neck or drapery below. A small annulet is visible in the lower field, and a beaded arc frames the right periphery, typical of the Cheriton type. The design is uninscribed and entirely anepigraphic. |
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| Reverse description | Disjointed Celtic horse type facing left, rendered in a highly schematised abstract style characteristic of the Belgic Cheriton Smiler series. The body of the horse is suggested by a prominent lunate crescent form occupying the centre of the field, above which a cluster of large raised pellets — the so-called 'smiling face' motif — serves as a distinctive typological identifier. Below the crescent, the legs of the horse are represented by club-ended appendages interspersed with pellets and pellet-in-ring ornaments. A beaded or striated decorative border is partially visible along the right margin. The design is anepigraphic throughout. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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