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Gold Stater - Epaticcus Corn Ear Warrior
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 35-43 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | A prominent ear of barley or wheat with a detailed central stalk dominates the field, rendered in bold relief in the characteristic Late Celtic artistic style. The grain head is depicted with clearly articulated individual grains splaying outward from the rachis, conveying strong naturalistic influence derived ultimately from classical prototypes. The dynastic inscription TAS to the left and CIF to the right of the corn ear flanks the central motif, referencing Epaticcus's lineage as son of Tasciovanus. The flan is irregular and slightly convex, typical of hammered Celtic gold coinage of southern Britain in the early 1st century AD. |
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| Reverse description | A stylised Celtic warrior strides or rides to the right on horseback, holding a long spear in the right hand and an oval shield in the left hand, rendered in the abstract curvilinear tradition of Late Iron Age British coinage. The legend EPATI appears above and behind the horse, with CC and V distributed around the figure; notably, the final S of the royal name EPATICCVS is formed by the sinuous curve of the horse's tail, a distinctive feature of this type. Additional inscription elements appear below the horse. The design reflects the increasingly Romanised iconographic vocabulary adopted by Atrebatic rulers in the years immediately preceding the Claudian conquest of AD 43. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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