Silver ½ Unit Three Crescents

Features

Issuer	Iceni tribe (Celtic Britain)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	5-10
Value	Silver ½ Unit
Currency	Stater
Composition	Silver
Weight	0.6 g
Diameter	12 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 460748
References	ABC# 1612 Elizabeth Cottam, Philip de Jersey, Chris Rudd, John Sills; 2010. Ancient British Coins. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. , Van Arsdell# 681 Robert D. Van Arsdell; 1989. Celtic Coinage of Britain. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , Sp# 438 Standard Catalogue of British Coins (37 volumes). , BMC Iron# 3777, 3778 Richard Hobbs; 1996. British Iron Age coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , Mack# 417 Richard Paston Mack; 1975. The Coinage of Ancient Britain. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , Talbot MfT# Boar Horse B (A) John Talbot; 2017. Made for Trade: A New View of Icenian Coinage. Oxbow, Oxford, United Kingdom. , COI# 61 Elizabeth Cottam, Chris Rudd; 2022. Coins of the Iceni. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom.

Series: Denominational Period II

Obverse

Three solid crescents back-to-back. Pellet triad between points of each pair of crescents.

Reverse

Horse right, long dashes for mane. Pellet ring with pellet in centre above. Pellet triad below. Ladder-like exergual lines.

Comments

Evans: (1890, p. 588).

Van Arsdell Classification: Icenian F, Early Uninscribed Silver Coins, Freckenham Era Types.

Talbot Boar Horse B (A). Talbot Boar Horse B (A). The middle of the denominational period saw the introduction of back-to-back crescents. The Boar Horse B unit is the link between a period of stater hoarding and the end of Icenian coinage. It was struck at Mint A, which was responsible for most gold and used the most dies, characterised by a horse with an open head. Boar Horse B and Boar Horse B (A) were produced at separate workshops, with the latter focused on the east. The horse’s head changes from an open 8-shape to a pellet-and-arc, with Boar Horse B (A) only using the later style. The Boar Horse quarter has an obverse die almost identical to Dubnovellaunos’s Trefoil (ABC 2395), which is where the trefoil comes from. The stepping horse also comes from Dubnovellaunos’s and Catuvellaunian coinage (see ABC 321). These similarities probably had political significance.

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 61 - Three Crescents (13 known).

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
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ND (5-10)

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