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Gold Stater Norfolk Wolf Left Pellet Triangle Feet
| Issuer | Iceni tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 50 BC - 15 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse description | A wolf striding left with jaws open and a pronounced bristly dorsal ridge rendered as a row of tiny pellets, a hallmark diagnostic feature of this Norfolk Wolf type. A crescent and scattered pellets are placed above the wolf's body, while a large single pellet and an open crescent appear below. A four-armed spiral motif is positioned in front of and below the wolf, filling the field with typical Iceni geometric ornament. The overall composition is bold and dynamic, displaying the accomplished abstract artistry characteristic of Iceni gold staters. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Iceni occupied what is now Norfolk and Suffolk, and their coinage evolved largely in isolation from Continental Gaulish influence — a product of cross-Channel trade routes that brought in Gaulish prototypes which local craftsmen then progressively abstracted over generations. The "Norfolk Wolf" series sits near the end of that abstraction sequence, the original horse motif having been reduced to geometric components across perhaps a century of copying.
ABC 622 / VA 610-1 is a well-documented variety. The pellet triangle at the feet of the wolf figure is a consistent diagnostic for this sub-type and distinguishes it from the closely related VA 605-1, where that feature is absent.