Gold Stater Waltham Wings / Ingoldisthorpe Left
© 2007 Oxford University & The Portable Antiquities Scheme (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Features
| Issuer |
Catuvellauni tribe
(Celtic Britain)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 55 BC - 50 BC |
| Value | Stater (1) |
| Currency | Stater |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 5.2 g |
| Diameter | 19 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 461802 |
| References | ABC# 2427 Elizabeth Cottam, Philip de Jersey, Chris Rudd, John Sills; 2010. Ancient British Coins. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. John Sills; 2017. Divided Kingdoms: The Iron Age Gold Coinage of Southern England. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. |
Series: Ingoldisthorpe
Obverse
Abstracted head of Apollo right, wreath with inside end of each leaf pointing downwards, cloak below, face indented at the nose. Spike (hairbar) ends in ear, below which are two separated arcs. Hair fronds behind wreath have pellets in tail curls.
Reverse
Sinuous, very disjointed horse left with linear crescent ear. Winged motif (curlicue) from base of neck. Pellet triad above tail. Large pellets around.
Comments
1 in the Portable Antiquities Scheme database.
1 in Sills (CCI 99.1588).
The above counts include duplicates. Possibly unique, from the Great Waltham Hoard.
Chris Rudd (ABC) ‘Waltham Wings’.
Sills DK 391 (1 obverse, 1 reverse die): Early North-East Thames Coinage; Type: British Ab1; Staters: Class 2b - Ingoldisthorpe Left. As Ingoldisthorpe but horse facing left.
Sills chronology: Gallo-Belgic Ca - Insular Cf / Aa Westerham - British Ab (Great Waltham) - British Ac (Ingoldisthorpe)/British Ab.
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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| ND (55 BC - 50 BC) | |||||||||||||||
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