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Gold Stater North East Coast Three Line Type

Issuer Corieltauvi tribe (Celtic Britain)
Year 55 BC - 45 BC
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Currency Stater
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Obverse description Highly stylised and abstracted Celtic rendering of a laureate head in the La Tène artistic tradition, derived from the classical Macedonian gold stater prototype. The facial features are dissolved into bold, swirling relief elements: a prominent brow rendered as a thick raised arc, sinuous hair locks radiating across the field in rope-like curves, and a suggested eye and nose reduced to abstract bosses and ridges. Angular geometric elements, possibly representing a diadem or wreath, appear in the upper field. The overall composition is characteristically convex, with deeply incised contour lines separating the major design elements across the irregular flan.
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Edge Plain
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Mintage ND (55 BC - 45 BC)
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