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Gold Stater Middle Whaddon Big Wheel
| Issuer | Catuvellauni tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 45 BC - 40 BC |
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| Currency | Stater |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylised and abstracted derivative of the Macedonian gold stater head of Apollo, rendered in the late Celtic geometric tradition. A cross formed by two intersecting wreath bands divides the field into four quadrants, with back-to-back outline crescents placed at the centre of the intersection. Wing-like or leaf-shaped pellet ornaments occupy the angles of the wreath cross. No central spike is present. The design is executed in low relief with characteristic Iron Age British schematisation. |
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| Reverse description | A stylised horse advancing to the right, rendered in the abstract Celtic manner with a tail composed of a single sweeping line. A wing motif is positioned above the horse's back. Beneath the horse, a prominent six-spoked wheel with a central axle hub serves as the principal reverse symbol and the type's diagnostic feature. A wreath or pellet chain fills the lower field in place of an exergual line. An elliptical or oval pellet arrangement appears in the field behind the horse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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