Gold 1/4 Stater Whaddon Two Pellets

Issuer Catuvellauni tribe (Celtic Britain)
Year 55 BC - 45 BC
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1/4 Stater
Currency Stater
Composition Gold
Weight 1.3 g
Diameter 14 mm
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Van Arsdell#1478-07 , Sills#465
Obverse description Abstracted head of Apollo right. Wreath is bent at an angle at the point it intersects the hairbar. Open linear crescents to right, unenclosed, tilted backwards. Cloak below with backwards S at left hand edge. Spike (hairbar) has two pellets, one on the end in the centre. Angled hair curls (wing-like motifs) to left of wreath.
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Obverse lettering
Reverse description Naturalistic horse with oversized ear right, mane of small dashes, single-strand tail. Cross pattée with ringed pellet at centre (Maltese cross) above, sometimes degraded to a flower of lines. Two pellet suns (ring-and-large-pellets) below.
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Mint
Mintage ND (55 BC - 45 BC) - -
Numisquare ID 3107361950
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