Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Silver Plated Unit - Commios Commios Ladder Head Lazy E / Commius Lazy E Type Contemporary Counterfeit
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
|---|---|
| Year | 45 BC - 30 BC |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | 1.07 g |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Stylised Celtic head facing left, rendered in a highly schematic and crudely executed manner characteristic of a contemporary counterfeit. The hair is depicted as a curved ladder motif composed of parallel ridges, a hallmark of the Commios Ladder Head series. The eye is rendered as a lentoid pellet-in-ring device. A small phallic face or scroll ornament appears in the field before the head, a secondary decorative element typical of this issue type. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Stylised Celtic horse prancing to the left, rendered in a debased and schematic style consistent with a contemporary counterfeit of the Commius coinage. A horizontal lazy E symbol occupies the field above the horse, serving as the principal identifying device of this type. Below the horse, an uncertain zoomorphic figure rendered as a reversed or backwards S-shaped form is visible in the lower field. The overall execution is crude, with irregular flan preparation and shallow, uneven relief throughout. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Contemporary counterfeits of Commios-type units were not crude fraud in the modern sense — they circulated alongside official issues and were likely produced by smiths operating at the margins of tribal authority, meeting genuine demand for small silver coinage during a period when Atrebatic output was inconsistent. The silver-plated bronze fabric of this piece places it firmly within a known class of imitations, and the tell is always the same: wear exposes the bronze core at the high points of the flan where the plating thins first.