Silver Unit Cotswold Oxo Head Type E / Antedrig Head Type

€2.00
IssuerDobunni tribe (Celtic Britain)
Year10 BC - 10 AD
TypeStandard circulation coin
ValueSilver Unit
CurrencyStater
CompositionSilver
Weight1.15 g
Dimensions13 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered
OrientationVariable alignment ↺
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) ABC#2024 , Van Arsdell#1074 , Sp#377 , BMC Iron#2976-80 , Mack#380
Obverse descriptionMoon head right (more stylised than the Cotswold Eagle), stalk lips, pellet triads for hair (smaller pellets than the Cotswold Eagle), pellet in ring for eye (face has O-X-O pattern of two pellet-in-rings with X between). Cross and pellet in ring below. Pellets in arcs behind.
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Reverse descriptionTriple-tailed annulate horse left. Three-petal flower motif below. Crescent and winged pellet in ring motif above (very stylised bird head with crescent below). Two pellets above tail.
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Mint
MintageND (10 BC - 10 AD)  - -
Catalog ID1612203930
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