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Stater 'Icenian A' Norfolk Wolf Left
| Issuer | Iceni tribe |
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| Year | 50 BC - 35 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | A stylised wolf facing left, derived from the horse motif of earlier Gallo-Belgic prototypes but rendered in a distinctly Icenian manner. The animal's body is delineated by bold, curving relief lines, with the back formed by a prominent arched band across the upper field. Below, the legs are rendered as schematic bar-like elements, and the field is populated with pellets and annulets as decorative infill. A large prominent pellet appears above the spine, and additional globular ornaments are scattered throughout the field in a highly formalised arrangement. The design is entirely anepigraphic and executed in the accomplished repousse style characteristic of Norfolk Wolf staters of this series. |
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| Mintage | ND (50 BC - 35 BC) |
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The Iceni occupied what is now Norfolk and Suffolk, and their coinage developed largely in isolation from the Gallo-Belgic traditions that shaped much of southern British Iron Age currency. The Norfolk Wolf series represents one of their earliest locally distinct issues, probably predating Caesar's invasions but continuing through the political turbulence that followed — a period when tribal identity and the control of gold coinage carried real strategic weight.
ABC 1399 is among the more precisely attributed of the Wolf variants, with the leftward orientation distinguishing it from related dies in the series.