Silver Plated Stater Cranborne Chase Contemporary Counterfeit

Issuer Durotriges tribe (Celtic Britain)
Year 58 BC - 45 BC
Type Standard circulation coin
Value Stater (1)
Currency Stater
Composition Silver plated bronze
Weight 4.0 g
Diameter 18 mm
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) ABC#cf. 2157 Arsdell#1235-03, 1235-07 , Sp#cf. 365 , BMC Iron#cf. , Mack#cf. 317
Obverse description Crude abstract head of Apollo right (wreath with leaves up, cloak and crescents). Laurel leaf filled in on die, not struck up on coin.
Obverse script
Obverse lettering
Reverse description Crude disjointed horse left, rectangular head, body of crescents, four vertical legs, three roughly horizontal lines for tail. Pellet below. Twelve pellets and tiny elliptical pellet above. Coffee bean above tail.
Reverse script
Reverse lettering
Edge
Mint
Mintage ND (58 BC - 45 BC) - VA 1235-03: c4.7 g -
ND (58 BC - 45 BC) - VA 1235-07: c3.2 g. Wreath leaves down -
Numisquare ID 3846458310
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