Silver Unit Ape Face / Bury D
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Features
| Issuer |
Iceni tribe
(Celtic Britain)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 45 BC - 40 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# 460709 |
| References | ABC# 1516 Elizabeth Cottam, Philip de Jersey, Chris Rudd, John Sills; 2010. Ancient British Coins. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. Robert D. Van Arsdell; 1989. Celtic Coinage of Britain. Spink & Son, London, 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
Small bearded head left, slim neck, large oval eye, hair composed of corn ears. Line of pellets behind face curls up to encompass boss behind head. Rings around.
Reverse
Horse left, double upper front legs stretched out in front, large leaf tail. Pellet in ring below. Either pellet in two concentric rings of pellets or wheel with many spokes above. Other ring and pellet motifs around.
Comments
15 recorded, many in poor condition.
Van Arsdell ‘Bury D’.
Chris Rudd (ABC) ‘Ape Face’.
Talbot Bury D. 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.
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 two types:
COI 10a (ABC 1516) - Ape Face, Beaded Rings (8 known): Pellet in beaded ring inside larger beaded ring above horse.
COI 10b - Ape Face, Spoked Wheel (6 known): Multi-spoked wheel with line-and-pellet rim and ringed pellet hub above horse.
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).
The illustrated coin is in the Portable Antiquities Scheme database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (45 BC - 40 BC) | 
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COI# 10a Elizabeth Cottam, Chris Rudd; 2022. Coins of the Iceni. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. |
Pellet in beaded ring inside larger beaded ring above horse | ||||||||||||
| ND (45 BC - 40 BC) | COI# 10b Elizabeth Cottam, Chris Rudd; 2022. Coins of the Iceni. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. |
Multi-spoked wheel with line-and-pellet rim and ringed pellet hub above horse | |||||||||||||
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© 2007 Oxford University & The Portable Antiquities Scheme (CC BY-SA 4.0)
ND (45 BC - 40 BC) – COI# 10a – Pellet in beaded ring inside larger beaded ring above horse • Narborough, Norfolk • 1.37 g
ND (45 BC - 40 BC) – COI# 10a – Pellet in beaded ring inside larger beaded ring above horse • Narborough, Norfolk • 1.37 g
PAS Unique ID: CCI-970041 https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/297930
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