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Gold Stater Freckenham Flower Two Wheels 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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| Obverse description | Uninscribed abstract design characteristic of Iceni Celtic coinage, featuring a stylised floral motif — the so-called 'Freckenham Flower' — composed of a central pellet or boss enclosed within a multi-lobed petal arrangement rendered in relief. The flower is surrounded by a series of concentric raised rings or cable-pattern lines that fill the flan, creating a bold, decorative composition. Two small pellets appear to the left of the central motif in the field. The design is executed in the schematised, curvilinear artistic tradition of Late Iron Age Celtic craftsmanship, with no legends or inscriptions. |
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| Mintage | ND (15 BC - 20 AD) |
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The Freckenham group of Iceni gold staters takes its name from a hoard found in Suffolk in 1844, which remains one of the primary reference assemblages for this coinage. The Iceni operated with a degree of autonomy under early Roman provincial arrangements, and their gold issues likely continued into the reign of Claudius — the tribe famously retained the right to bear arms until Roman administrators attempted to confiscate weapons following the client-king Prasutagus's death around 60 AD, a provocation that triggered Boudica's revolt.
Van Arsdell 626-07 is among the more precisely documented die-linked varieties in the Freckenham series.