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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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| Weight | 5.7 g |
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| Reverse description | A stylised horse advances to the right, rendered in the highly abstracted Celtic manner characteristic of Icenian coinage. The horse displays a large, open-outlined head with exaggerated circular eye, and its body is formed of bold, curvilinear elements. Above the horse, a large multi-spoked wheel motif — with more than four spokes — occupies the upper field, a prominent symbol associated with solar iconography in Iron Age British coinage. Below the horse, a pellet rosette or daisy-like arrangement of pellets fills the lower field. The flan is irregular and the design is unlettered, with no mint signature or legend. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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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.