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Silver Plated Unit - Ale Scavo Ale Sca / Scavo Running Boar Contemporary Counterfeit
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| Year | 43-47 |
| Type | Contemporary counterfeit coin |
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| Reverse description | A horse prances right in animated profile, its legs raised in a stylised trotting posture typical of late Iron Age Celtic coinage. In the upper field, a central ringed pellet is surrounded by four smaller pellets arranged in a roughly cruciform pattern. Below the horse, the abbreviated inscription SCA appears in the exergual area, again with the letter A rendered without a crossbar, consistent with the obverse epigraphy and the broader fabric of this contemporary counterfeit series. |
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| Mintage | ND (43-47) - Base core ND (43-47) - Silver plated |
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Contemporary counterfeits of early Roman provincial or auxiliary coinage are rarely this well-documented by type. The running boar motif places this firmly within a cluster of issues associated with the Catuvellauni or related tribes of southeastern Britain during the Claudian invasion period — a moment when legitimate coinage was under severe strain and unofficial struck pieces circulated alongside sanctioned issues without apparent friction. The plated construction, a bronze core with silver wash, is the defining diagnostic here rather than a defect.