Gold Stater Whaddon Mule

Issuer Catuvellauni tribe (Celtic Britain)
Year 55 BC - 45 BC
Type Standard circulation coin
Value Stater (1)
Currency Stater
Composition Gold
Weight 5.9 g
Diameter 18 mm
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Sills#461
Obverse description Abstracted head of Apollo right. Wreath (with inside end of each leaf pointing downwards above the hairbar and upwards below it). Spike (hairbar) across wreath starts and ends (in the centre) with a pellet. Two linear crescents to the right with pellets in front. Cloak below formed from triangular section with a pellet in the middle and angled dashed below. Two angular hair curls (wing-like objects) above and below the hairbar to the left.
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Obverse lettering
Reverse description Naturalistic horse (sometimes lurching downwards) with oversized ear right, mane of small dashes, single-strand tail with line of pellets off it. Wing motif and pellet triad above. Pellet sun (ring-and-large-pellet, which can look like one large pellet when worn) below. Ellipse with row of pellets above it in front. Ellipse behind horse. Double-line chevron in exergue.
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Mint
Mintage ND (55 BC - 45 BC) - -
Numisquare ID 4209840630
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