Silver Stater Badbury Rings / Pellet and Ring Type

Issuer Durotriges tribe (Celtic Britain)
Year 45 BC - 40 BC
Type Standard circulation coin
Value Stater (1)
Currency Stater
Composition Silver
Weight 5.5 g
Diameter 19 mm
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) ABC#2163 , Van Arsdell#1246 , BMC Iron#2647, , Mack#317
Obverse description Abstract head of Apollo right (wreath with leaves up, cloak and crescents). Two pellets below lowest curl of hair.
Obverse script
Obverse lettering
Reverse description Disjointed horse left, rectangular head, body of crescents, four vertical legs, three sloping lines for tail with pellets between lines. Pellet below. Twelve pellets and surrounding arc of pellet-in-ring motifs above. Crescent to left of coffee bean, pellet with two attached crescents to right.
Reverse script
Reverse lettering
Edge
Mint
Mintage ND (45 BC - 40 BC) - -
Numisquare ID 5842273290
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