Gold Stater Freckenham Flower Big Wheel / Freckenham Flower Wheel Rosette

Features

Issuer	Iceni tribe (Celtic Britain)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	10 BC - 5 BC
Value	Stater (1)
Currency	Stater
Composition	Gold
Weight	5.7 g
Diameter	18 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 460670
References	ABC# 1435 Elizabeth Cottam, Philip de Jersey, Chris Rudd, John Sills; 2010. Ancient British Coins. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. , Van Arsdell# 626-09 Robert D. Van Arsdell; 1989. Celtic Coinage of Britain. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , Sp# 428 Standard Catalogue of British Coins (37 volumes). , BMC Iron# 3406, 3408, 3409 Richard Hobbs; 1996. British Iron Age coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , Mack# 402 Richard Paston Mack; 1975. The Coinage of Ancient Britain. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , Talbot MfT# Early Boar Horse John Talbot; 2017. Made for Trade: A New View of Icenian Coinage. Oxbow, Oxford, United Kingdom. , COI# 48d Elizabeth Cottam, Chris Rudd; 2022. Coins of the Iceni. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom.

Series: Denominational Period I

Obverse

Large ringed three-petal flower in middle with central ringed pellet. Four pellet spokes radiating out from flower. Plain curved line in each quarter of pellet cross.

Reverse

Horse right, large open head. Large spoked wheel above. Pelleted ringed pellet below. Ladder exergual lines.

Comments

Allen Type: British Nb.

Van Arsdell Classification: Icenian B, Early Uninscribed Gold Types, Earlier Freckenham Types.

Chris Rudd (ABC) ‘Freckenham Flower Big Wheel'.

Talbot Early Boar Horse. The boar was introduced as a key element on the units, with ladder-like exergues, but the style is a continuation of Irstead. 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 Early Boar Horse following Irstead. Struck at Mint A, which was responsible for most gold and used the most dies, characterised by a horse with an open head. The Early Boar Horse stater is associated with the Freckenham Boar unit and Antlers half.

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 48d (ABC 1435) - Freckenham Flower Wheel Rosette (85 known).
COI 48 is divided into Freckenham Flower Rosette Torc (ABC 1426), Freckenham Flower Two Wheels (ABC 1432), Freckenham Flower No Lines (ABC 1429), Freckenham Flower Wheel Rosette and Freckenham Flower Crescent Cross (ABC 1438).

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 (10 BC - 5 BC)

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