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Gold 1/4 Stater Torksey Quarter
| Issuer | Corieltauvi tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 45 BC - 10 BC |
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| Currency | Stater |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylised Celtic design derived from a laureate head, divided into four quarters by radial spokes emanating from a central pellet-in-ring motif. Each quarter is filled with abstracted crescentic forms and flowing, rope-like locks of hair rendered in the characteristically plastic La Tène artistic tradition. The overall composition retains the cruciform framework of its prototype while dissolving figural elements into bold, deeply struck curvilinear ornament. No legend or inscription is present, the field being entirely decorative. |
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| Reverse description | Stylised horse advancing to the left, rendered in the abstract Celtic manner with the body resolved into a series of bold, rounded pellet-like forms. A distinctive doubled or bifurcated upper foreleg is the diagnostic feature of this type. A pellet-in-ring ornament appears below the horse's belly, and a further ring or annulet is positioned in front of the animal. The field is otherwise plain, with no legend or inscription, consistent with the uninscribed issues of the Corieltauvi tribe. |
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| Mintage | ND (45 BC - 10 BC) |
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