Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Silver Unit - Belgae Danebury Double Corded
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
|---|---|
| Year | 55 BC - 45 BC |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Stylised Celtic horse shown in motion, rendered in the abstract La Tène manner with a segmented, geometric body and prominent head. Beneath the horse, a large concentric ring-and-pellet motif forms the principal decorative element of the field, surrounded by scattered pellets and annulets. Additional abstract symbols, possibly vestigial chariot or wheel elements, appear in the upper field. The composition is typical of southern British Celtic silver units of the Belgic tradition, with no inscriptions present. The flan is irregular and the surface shows natural silver patina with areas of oxidation. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | ND (55 BC - 45 BC) |
| Additional information |
The Danebury Double Corded type takes its name from the hillfort in Hampshire where concentrations of Atrebatic coinage have been recovered, a site abandoned well before this coin's production but whose surrounding territory remained Atrebatic heartland. The decade spanning 55–45 BC placed this tribe directly in the turbulent aftermath of Caesar's two British expeditions, which disrupted cross-Channel trade networks the Atrebates had depended on and likely accelerated the fragmentation of regional coin production into the highly localized, stylistically distinct units that define this period.
ABC 932 is among the scarcer Atrebatic silver minims by surviving population.