Gold Stater Snettisham Spiral / Snettisham Wreath and Spiral

Features

Issuer	Iceni tribe (Celtic Britain)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	35 BC - 25 BC
Value	Stater (1)
Currency	Stater
Composition	Gold
Weight	6.0 g
Diameter	17 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 460650
References	ABC# 1402 Elizabeth Cottam, Philip de Jersey, Chris Rudd, John Sills; 2010. Ancient British Coins. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. , Sp# 424 Standard Catalogue of British Coins (37 volumes). , BMC Iron# 3353, 3354, 3355 Richard Hobbs; 1996. British Iron Age coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , Talbot MfT# Snettisham John Talbot; 2017. Made for Trade: A New View of Icenian Coinage. Oxbow, Oxford, United Kingdom. , COI# 33d Elizabeth Cottam, Chris Rudd; 2022. Coins of the Iceni. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom.

Series: Denominational Period I

Obverse

Traces of crossed wreaths.

Reverse

Horse right, small head, double tail, bifurcated upper left front leg, beaded mane. Ring with wing and other rings above. Multi-armed spiral in front and below.

Comments

Talbot Snettisham. The denominational period started with higher purity gold (after the debasement of the Wolf B) and is stylistically linked to early local period silver, with Snettisham similar to Large Flan A. It also has similar elements to the Catuvellaunian Whaddon Chase. Struck at Mint A, which was responsible for most gold and used the most dies, characterised by a horse with an open head. The Snettisham stater is associated with the Early Snettisham quarter, the Odin's Eye 1 unit and the Barley half unit.

Talbot Chronology: Gallo-Belgic E/Ingoldisthorpe - Early Local Period I (55BC-35BC) - Early Local Period II (35BC-15BC) - Denominational Period I (15BC-5: Snettisham - Plouviez - Irstead - Early Boar Horse) - Denominational Period II (5-25: Boar Horse B - Boar Horse C) - Denominational Period III (25-45).

Cottam and Rudd list one type:
COI 33d (ABC 1402) - Snettisham Wreath and Spiral (8 known, one with clockwise spiral).
COI 33 is split across Snettisham (ABC 1408), Snettisham Wreath and Spiral, Snettisham Cross and Loop (ABC 1405) and Snettisham Curl (ABC 1411).

Cottam and Rudd Chronology: Gallic War Unity (55-50BC) - Post-War Austerity (50-35BC) - Peaceful Prosperity (35BC-20) - Client-State Conformity (20-47) - Claudian Regality (43-47).

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (35 BC - 25 BC)

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