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Gold Stater Late Whaddon Chase Spiral Type
| Issuer | Trinovantes tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 45 BC - 40 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylised and largely abstract obverse derived from the classical Macedonian wreath prototype. Faint, vestigial traces of crossed laurel wreaths are visible in the field, heavily degraded into curvilinear Celtic abstraction. The design is executed in low relief on an irregular flan typical of Late Iron Age British coinage, with no inscription or legend present. |
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| Reverse description | Disjointed Celtic horse prancing to the right, its tail rendered as two diverging lines in characteristic Late Whaddon Chase style. A winged object — interpreted as a stylised bird or solar emblem — appears above the horse in the upper field. Below the horse, a distinctive multi-armed spiral motif representing a solar wheel or sun symbol serves as the defining diagnostic feature of this type. The composition is lively and dynamic, exhibiting accomplished Celtic artistic abstraction with no legend or inscription. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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