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Silver Plated Unit Norfolk Boar Phallic Contemporary Counterfeit
| Issuer | Iceni tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 15 BC - 20 AD |
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| Currency | Stater |
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| Obverse description | Stylised boar advancing right in the Celtic artistic tradition, rendered with highly schematic linear forms. A prominent pellet decorates the shoulder, and a single foreleg is depicted beneath the body. A spear motif is shown in front of the animal, passing through or before the ears. The field above is occupied by a pellet rosette or concentric rings of pellets, while an isolated pellet appears in the lower field. |
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| Reverse description | Disjointed Celtic horse prancing right, with a large pellet rendering the eye in characteristic Iron Age style. Pellet triads are disposed on either side of a four-spoked wheel motif positioned above the horse. Below the horse, a phallic symbol is formed by a grouping of five pellets accompanied by a cotter-pin shaped linear element, flanked by an additional pellet triad, reflecting the fertility and apotropaic iconographic conventions of Icenic coinage. |
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| Mintage | ND (15 BC - 20 AD) |
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