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Silver Plated ½ Unit Three Antlers Contemporary Counterfeit
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| Year | 15 BC - 20 AD |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Schematic stick-figure horse depicted in right profile, rendered in a highly stylised Celtic manner with a single foreleg and single hindleg indicated. The horse displays a large, open-mouthed head. Two decorative devices — each consisting of either a pelleted ringed pellet or a triad of pellets — appear in the field above and below the horse, serving as typical Iron Age ornamental fillers. |
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| Mintage | ND (15 BC - 20 AD) - Base core ND (15 BC - 20 AD) - Silver plated |
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Contemporary counterfeits of small Celtic fractional units were produced across Gaul and Britain during the late Iron Age transition, typically by local operatives exploiting the limited metallurgical literacy of rural markets. Silver plating over a bronze core was the standard deception — thin enough to apply without specialist equipment, convincing enough in hand-to-hand exchange before wear exposed the base metal beneath.
At 0.47g, this piece would have been underweight even against the already debased genuine fractions it imitated.