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Silver Unit - Berkshire Floral Sun
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 55 BC - 45 BC |
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| Value | Silver Unit |
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| Obverse description | Stylised floral or solar motif rendered in the abstract Celtic artistic tradition, composed of radiating lines and curved elements emanating from a central point to suggest a sun or flower head. The design fills the irregular flan with characteristic La Tène decorative vocabulary, including flowing lines and pellet-like accents distributed across the field. No legend or inscription is present, consistent with pre-Conquest uninscribed coinage of the Atrebates. The flan is irregularly shaped and slightly convex, bearing the patina and surface characteristics typical of hammered silver coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse description | Stylised representation of a horse or zoomorphic figure depicted in the highly abstract Celtic manner, with the body suggested by curved and pellet-ornamented lines rather than naturalistic rendering. Beneath or around the principal motif appears a small floral or rosette element with a central pellet, surrounded by additional geometric and curvilinear decorative devices including crescents and pellets distributed across the field. The composition is typical of the Berkshire Floral Sun type attributed to the Atrebates, featuring the characteristic disintegration of the classical prototype into abstract Celtic ornament. No inscription is present on the reverse. |
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| Mintage | ND (55 BC - 45 BC) |
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