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Silver 1/2 Unit - Regni Chichester Star
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 55 BC - 45 BC |
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| Currency | Stater |
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| Obverse description | A prominent multi-armed star or sunburst design radiates from a central concentric double-ring motif enclosing a raised pellet, the whole device set upon a field divided by crossed wreath-like bands. The radiating arms, rendered in the characteristically fluid Celtic abstract style, extend toward the irregular flan edge and are interspersed with small pellet or annulet ornaments in the angles. The overall composition conveys a dynamic rotational energy typical of late Iron Age British coinage. No legend or inscription is present, consistent with pre-literate tribal coinage of the Atrebates and Regini. The design is conventionally identified as the 'Chichester Star' type after its findspot associations in the Regni tribal territory. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Chichester Star type is attributed to the Regni territory of southern Britain, centered on the area around modern Chichester — a region that came under intensifying Roman commercial and diplomatic pressure following Caesar's expeditions of 55 and 54 BC. These fractional silver pieces were almost certainly used for small-denomination exchange in a local economy already absorbing Roman goods, wine amphorae among them, well before the Claudian conquest of 43 AD.
ABC 725 is one of several closely related star-type fractions whose precise tribal attribution continues to be debated among specialists.