Silver Unit Pin-Mane Proto Boar No Spear
Features
| Issuer |
Corieltauvi tribe
(Celtic Britain)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 50 BC - 45 BC |
| Value | Silver Unit |
| Currency | Stater |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 1.3 g |
| Diameter | 15 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 477531 |
| References | BMC Iron# 3204 Richard Hobbs; 1996. British Iron Age coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , Boar Horse# 11 Matthew Rich; 2014. Boar Horse. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. |
Series: Proto Boar
Obverse
Boar right with deep chest and broad snout, straight bristles on back, tail not curly, solid right legs (outer, nearest viewer), bifurcated left legs, no spear in shoulder. Double pellet in annulet in large ring of pellets above. Pellet in ring above and below in front. Spiral behind.
Reverse
Horse left, pronounced pin-head mane, short fern tail, exaggerated forelegs. Large pelletal sun (anemone, solar rosette, one or two ringed pellets inside ring of pellets) above. Annulet below with either one or three pellets. Annulet in front, sometimes with pellet. Sometimes spiral behind.
Comments
Rich Type 11, ‘Pin-Mane Proto Boar’, intermediate period:
Rich Type 11a: 4 on CCI (2 obverse, 3 reverse dies). Large pelletal sun above horse contains one ringed pellet; annulet below has three pellets; spiral behind.
Rich Type 11b (BMC 3204): 2 on CCI (2 obverse, 1 reverse dies). One obverse die from Type 11a. Large pelletal sun above horse contains two ringed pellets; annulet below has one pellet; no spiral behind.
The intermediate period horse always has a fern tail.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | ||||||||
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| ND (50 BC - 45 BC) | Boar Horse# 11aMatthew Rich; 2014. Boar Horse. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. |
Large pelletal sun above horse contains one ringed pellet; annulet below has three pellets; spiral behind | |||||||||||||
| ND (50 BC - 45 BC) | 
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Boar Horse# 11bMatthew Rich; 2014. Boar Horse. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. |
Large pelletal sun above horse contains two ringed pellets; annulet below has one pellet; no spiral behind | ||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 97
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Examples of the type
© British Museum, 1991,1110.94
ND (50 BC - 45 BC) – Boar Horse# 11b – Large pelletal sun above horse contains two ringed pellets; annulet below has one pellet; no spiral behind • Caistor, Lincolnshire • 14 mm • 1.2 g (see more)
ND (50 BC - 45 BC) – Boar Horse# 11b – Large pelletal sun above horse contains two ringed pellets; annulet below has one pellet; no spiral behind • Caistor, Lincolnshire • 14 mm • 1.2 g (see more)
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