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Gold Stater Freckenham Crescents Wheel Type
| Issuer | Iceni tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 15 BC - 20 AD |
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| Value | Stater (1) |
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| Obverse description | Two solid crescents arranged back-to-back in the centre of the flan, their open ends facing outward, creating a distinctive biconvex lunate motif. Four radiating pellet-tipped spokes emanate from the central junction of the crescents, forming a cruciform arrangement across the field. Additional large pellets are distributed around the central device, occupying the upper and lower registers of the flan. The design is entirely aniconic and geometric, consistent with the abstract Celtic La Tène artistic tradition. No legend or inscription is present. |
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| Mintage | ND (15 BC - 20 AD) |
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The Freckenham Wheel type sits within the final flourishing of Iceni gold coinage, produced during a period when the tribe maintained de facto autonomy under Roman suzerainty following Caesar's invasions. Iceni gold issues ceased abruptly — likely in the years surrounding the client-king arrangements imposed by Rome — making this among the last uninscribed native gold struck in eastern Britain.
ABC 1438 is primarily concentrated in hoards from the Freckenham area of Suffolk, which gave the series its name.