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Stater 'Clacton type 1'
| Issuer | Brittonic, Uncertain tribe |
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| Year | 100 BC - 40 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Sp#26, ABC#2332, Mack#47, GCV#160 |
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| Reverse description | Stylised disjointed horse galloping to the right, its body and limbs rendered as abstracted curved and straight elements in characteristic British Celtic style. Above the horse, a arc of large pellets arranged in a crescent formation dominates the upper field, accompanied by additional loose pellets. Below and around the horse appear a wheel or solar symbol with radiating spokes, a ringed pellet, a curved bow or crescent motif to the lower left, and linear striated elements to the lower right. The composition is anepigraphic, with no legend or mintmark, and reflects the abstract La Tène artistic tradition as applied to insular British coinage. |
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| Mintage | ND (100 BC - 40 BC) |
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The "Clacton type" classification groups a cluster of early British gold staters whose find distribution centres heavily on Essex and the Thames estuary — a pattern suggesting they circulated among tribes occupying that coastal corridor before clearer regional identities solidified in the numismatic record. Attribution remains genuinely contested; the "uncertain tribe" designation is not a placeholder but an honest reflection of the scholarly position. No issuing authority has been convincingly matched to this specific die grouping.
These derive ultimately from Macedonian gold of Philip II, transmitted through Gaulish intermediaries across several generations of stylistic degradation before reaching British soil.