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Silver Unit - Regni Ashdown Forest Sunrays

Uitgever Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain)
Jaar 50 BC - 45 BC
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Beschrijving voorzijde Stylised Celtic head facing right, rendered in the characteristic La Tène artistic tradition with a prominent lentoid eye and a crested helmet. A rounded boss is depicted on the chin, and the surrounding field is decorated with pelleted cogwheel ornaments arranged in a circular composition. The design exhibits the abstract, geometric qualities typical of late Iron Age British coinage, with individual facial features dissolved into decorative elements.
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Oplage ND (50 BC - 45 BC)
Aanvullende informatie

The Atrebates were among the more Romanized of Britain's southern tribes before the conquest, maintaining trade and diplomatic ties with Gaul that directly influenced their coinage — including stylistic borrowings that make attribution of individual types genuinely contested among specialists. The Ashdown Forest find concentration suggests a northern territory boundary for Atrebatan circulation, though whether these coins moved through exchange or political payment remains unresolved.

ABC 541 / VA 505 is a tight classification, and examples frequently show metal flow inconsistencies attributable to the low-temperature pouring techniques used in British Celtic silver production of this period.

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