Silver Unit Gas Mask / Corn Pole / Corn Hair Corn Ear / Large Flan B I-II
Features
| Issuer |
Iceni tribe
(Celtic Britain)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 40 BC - 35 BC |
| Value | Silver Unit |
| Currency | Stater |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 0.9 g |
| Diameter | 13 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 460707 |
| References | ABC# 1510 Elizabeth Cottam, Philip de Jersey, Chris Rudd, John Sills; 2010. Ancient British Coins. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. John Talbot; 2017. Made for Trade: A New View of Icenian Coinage. Oxbow, Oxford, United Kingdom.Elizabeth Cottam, Chris Rudd; 2022. Coins of the Iceni. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. |
Series: Early Local Period II
Obverse
Male head right, herringbone (corn-corded) hair, corn ear on forehead, large oval eye. Large ring of pellets attached to corded lines (beaded ring and poles) in front.
Reverse
Horse left, large ears, pellet mane, pellet on chest and rump. Horse skull (or bucranium) above attached to corded lines (poles). Hollow star above horse's head and rump. Corn ear and poles below.
Comments
Chris Rudd (ABC) ‘Gas Mask’.
Talbot Large Flan B I, II. Bury D, E, F, G, Large Flan B (I, II, III) and D and Spiral were issued contemporaneously in small quantities in a period of local production. Bury D (from Snettisham) and F were early, the diamond suggesting a relationship with Large Flan A. Bury G (from Bury St Edmunds) was also likely early, as was Spiral. Bury E has two different styles of die. Large Flan B (from around Fincham) has hollow stars like later Large Flan A and stylistic links to Large Flan C and are possibly contemporaneous. Large Flan D (from the Fens) has the open horse's head of the earlier period but is derived from Large Flan A and is later. The half unit to the Large Flan B I and II is probably the Corn Star.
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 three types of COI 12 and one of COI 13:
COI 12a (Talbot Large Flan B I) - Corn Pole Beaded (10 known): Inverted corn ear on forehead; pellet ring around ringed pellet in front of face with pellet V-shape ('poles') below. Corn ear below horse has vertical pellet lines either side (See CCI 17.0343).
COI 12b (ABC 1510; Talbot Large Flan B I) - Corn Pole Plain (2 known): Inverted corn ear on forehead; plain ring around ringed pellet inside two pellet lines ('poles') in broken V shape to left in front of face. Corn ear below horse has vertical pellet lines either side.
COI 12c (Talbot Large Flan B II) - Corn Pole Big Eye (6 known): Upright corn ear on forehead, large lentoid eye; pellet ring around ringed pellet above short horizontal pellet line ('pole') above pellet ring in front of face. Corn ear below horse has no pellet lines either side; large pellets down left hand side of flan (see CCI 17.0351).
COI 13 (Talbot Large Flan B post-close) - Corn Hair Corn Ear (1 known): Obverse possibly as COI 12c. Horse right, high corded tail, bucranium above.
A further type, COI 12d, is in ABC as Icklingham Corn Ear (ABC 1507).
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 | References | ||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (40 BC - 35 BC) | 
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COI# 12a Elizabeth Cottam, Chris Rudd; 2022. Coins of the Iceni. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. |
Inverted corn ear on forehead; pellet ring around ringed pellet in front of face with pellet V-shape below. Vertical pellet lines either side of corn ear below horse | ||||||||||||
| ND (40 BC - 35 BC) | COI# 12b Elizabeth Cottam, Chris Rudd; 2022. Coins of the Iceni. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. |
Inverted corn ear on forehead; plain ring around ringed pellet inside two pellet lines in broken V shape to left in front of face. Vertical pellet lines either side of corn ear below horse | |||||||||||||
| ND (40 BC - 35 BC) | COI# 12c Elizabeth Cottam, Chris Rudd; 2022. Coins of the Iceni. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. |
Upright corn ear on forehead, large lentoid eye; pellet ring around ringed pellet above short horizontal pellet line above pellet ring in front of face. No pellet lines by corn ear below horse; large pellets down left of flan | |||||||||||||
| ND (40 BC - 35 BC) | COI# 13 Elizabeth Cottam, Chris Rudd; 2022. Coins of the Iceni. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. |
Upright corn ear on forehead, large lentoid eye; pellet ring around ringed pellet above short horizontal pellet line above pellet ring in front of face. Horse right, high corded tail, bucranium above | |||||||||||||
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Version | Grade | Sold price | |
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Noonans 7 Dec 2011 Auction - Sale 97 Lot 160 
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7 Dec 2011 | ND (40 BC - 35 BC) – COI# 12a – Inverted corn ear on forehead; pellet ring around ringed pellet in front of face with pellet V-shape below. Vertical pellet lines either side of corn ear below horse | VF |
USD 201.41
(GBP 150.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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