Silver Unit Serpent Proto Boar with Spear

Features

Issuer	Corieltauvi tribe (Celtic Britain)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	55 BC - 45 BC
Value	Silver Unit
Currency	Stater
Composition	Silver
Weight	1.3 g
Diameter	15 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 128771
References	Van Arsdell# 855-03 Robert D. Van Arsdell; 1989. Celtic Coinage of Britain. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , Sp# 396 Standard Catalogue of British Coins (37 volumes). , BMC Iron# 3194, 3195, 3196 Richard Hobbs; 1996. British Iron Age coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , Boar Horse# 1 Matthew Rich; 2014. Boar Horse. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom.

Series: Proto Boar

Obverse

Boar right, solid legs, pincer-like feet, curly tail, spear in shoulder (with fork at top and pellets between forks). Large solar rosette (anemone) and spiral (ragged cross, swastika) above. Serpent (reversed S) below. 'Bat' in front. annulet behind.

Reverse

Horse left, mane of S-shapes, forelock, corded (braided) tail, one or both forelegs and one rear leg bifurcated. Large pelletal sun (large ring of pellets with central pellet-in-ring). Annulets above head, above tail and below horse, either all with central pellet or without. Sometimes teardrop in front of head. Pellet line in exergue, sometimes long and curved.

Comments

Allen Type: Coritani F (DF Allen, “Coins of the Coritani”, SCBI 3, 1963).

Van Arsdell Classification: Corieltauvian B, Uninscribed Silver Coinages, Hosidius Type. This is the earliest extant Corieltauvian type because it conforms closest to the denarii of C. f. Hosidius Geta, where the reversed S is a dog. A large die-break is often seen in front of the horse's nose. Reverse adapted from VA 80 - 01. VA 855 - 03: Reversed S below boar. Ring below horse, ring and an elongated ring above horse's head.

Leins Type: Uninscribed 1b (BNJ 2007, p.43-6).

Rich Type 1, ‘Serpent Proto Boar’, early period:
Type 1a (VA 855-03; BMC 3194-5): 24 in the CCI (6 obverse, 7 reverse dies). Teardrop in front of horse's head; three annulets without pellets around; straight, short exergual pellet line. A large flaw develops below the horse's head. Chris Rudd List 184, 9 August 2022, lot 20.
Type 1b (BMC 3196): 15 in the CCI (2 obverse, 1 reverse dies). Three ringed pellets around horse. Long, curved exergual line. An obverse die is also used for Type 1a. Chris Rudd List 152, 10 April 2017, lot 26. See CCI 96.2109.

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Date	References		Frequency
Undetermined
ND (55 BC - 45 BC)	Boar Horse# 1a Matthew Rich; 2014. Boar Horse. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom.	Teardrop in front of horse's head; three annulets without pellets around; straight, short exergual pellet line	0%
ND (55 BC - 45 BC)	Boar Horse# 1b Matthew Rich; 2014. Boar Horse. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom.	Three ringed pellets around horse; long, curved exergual line	75%

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Silver Unit (Serpent Proto Boar with Spear)

Picture 2 of the example of Silver Unit (Serpent Proto Boar with Spear)

© British Museum, 1991,1110.89
ND (55 BC - 45 BC) – Boar Horse# 1a – Teardrop in front of horse's head; three annulets without pellets around; straight, short exergual pellet line • Ludford, Lincolnshire • 14.5 mm • 1.42 g (see more)

© British Museum, 1881,0709.1
ND (55 BC - 45 BC) – Boar Horse# 1b – Three ringed pellets around horse; long, curved exergual line • 15.5 mm • 1.21 g (see more)

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