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Gold Stater - Eastern North Thames SS Type / Late Whaddon Chase
| Issuer | Trinovantes tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 45 BC - 40 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Blank, deeply convex die face exhibiting the characteristic dome-shaped flan typical of Late Iron Age British gold staters. The surface is undecorated, retaining the plain, polished gold field that represents the highly abstracted vestige of the laureate head derived from the Macedonian prototype of Philip II. Die flow lines and natural flan irregularities are visible across the convex field, with the flan exhibiting the characteristic irregular, lobate edge produced by the hammering process. |
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| Mintage | ND (45 BC - 40 BC) |
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The Late Whaddon Chase series marks one of the final phases of uninscribed gold coinage in southeastern Britain, produced in the decades immediately before Roman administrative influence began reshaping local currency. The Trinovantes, based in what is now Essex and Suffolk, were among the more powerful tribes of the period — their territory would become the site of Camulodunum, the first Roman colonia in Britain after the Claudian conquest of 43 AD.
The Eastern North Thames SS classification reflects a die-study grouping rather than a findspot designation, with the "SS" element distinguishing a specific stylistic subgroup within the broader Whaddon Chase tradition. Heavy concentration of finds along the Thames estuary corridor.