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Silver Plated Unit Norfolk Boar Star Contemporary Counterfeit
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| Year | 5 BC - 5 AD |
| Type | Contemporary counterfeit coin |
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| Obverse description | A stylised boar advances to the right, rendered in the abstract Celtic artistic tradition characteristic of Late Iron Age British coinage. A pellet appears on the shoulder, the front legs are bifurcated above the knee and merge to a single line below, and prominent long bristles are depicted along the spine. Pellets are arranged in the field before the boar, possibly forming a ring, with additional ring motifs in the upper field. A stack of four pellets occupies the lower field, above a double exergual line enclosing a row of pellets between the two rules. |
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| Mintage | ND (5 BC - 5 AD) - Base core ND (5 BC - 5 AD) - Silver plated |
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Contemporary counterfeits of the Norfolk Wolf/Boar and Star unit were produced locally during the late Iron Age, almost certainly to meet demand that official output from tribal workshops couldn't satisfy. The silver plating over a bronze core was not crude deception — it mimicked the progressive debasement already underway in legitimate issues, and many would have passed without suspicion in everyday exchange among the Iceni and their neighbors.