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Gold Stater Freckenham Cross Crown Type
| Issuer | Iceni tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 15 BC - 20 AD |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Plain, largely uninscribed field bearing a pellet cross design with a pellet-in-ring motif at the centre, characteristic of the Late Iron Age Icenian abstract decorative tradition. The concentric ring element is rendered in low relief against the irregular flan, with scattered pellets arranged in a cross formation radiating from the central annulet. The overall composition reflects the highly stylised, non-figurative obverse type associated with the Freckenham series of Icenian gold coinage. |
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| Reverse description | A stylised horse advancing to the right, rendered in the abstract Celtic artistic idiom typical of Late Iron Age Icenian coinage, with a large open circular head. Above the horse's back appears a distinctive crown-like motif composed of an arch with two lobes, each lobe containing two pellets, creating a symmetrical decorative element. A pellet triad is positioned beneath the horse, serving as a ground line. The overall composition displays the characteristic dissolution of classical equine imagery into abstract geometric forms seen across the Freckenham series. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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