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Silver 1/2 Unit - Belgae Danebury Spiral
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 55 BC - 45 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central concentric spiral motif occupying the field, surrounded by a radiating arrangement of curved and scrolled lines in the characteristic Celtic La Tène abstract style. Multiple comma-shaped and crescent-shaped pellet-tipped appendages extend outward from the central boss, filling the flan in an asymmetric but balanced composition. The design is entirely aniconic and uninscribed, typical of the Danebury Spiral type. The irregular flan edges display the characteristic lobate outline of a small hammered Celtic silver unit. |
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| Reverse description | Abstract Celtic design featuring a large prominent S-shaped or sinuous scroll element dominating the central field, accompanied by smaller curved lines, crescents, and pellet ornaments dispersed across the flan. The composition is typical of the disintegrated chariot or horse motif common to southern British Celtic coinage of this period, reduced to purely abstract curvilinear elements. A small annulet with central pellet is visible near the lower centre of the design. The surface retains original die detail despite the irregular hammered flan, with no inscription or legend present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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