Silver ½ Unit Decorated Boar Left
Features
| Issuer |
Corieltauvi tribe
(Celtic Britain)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 50 BC - 40 BC |
| Value | Silver ½ Unit |
| Currency | Stater |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 0.4 g |
| Diameter | 11 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 477872 |
| References | BMC Iron# 3238, 3239 Richard Hobbs; 1996. British Iron Age coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , Boar Horse# 34 Matthew Rich; 2014. Boar Horse. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. |
Series: Proto Boar
Obverse
Boar left with Y-shaped forelegs, long uncurled tail, sometimes bristles. Sometimes wheel above. Ringed pellets around. Sometimes obliterated so only part of boar is visible.
Reverse
Horse left, bifurcated upper front legs, belt and sometimes collar, often dashes for mane. Wheel or pellet ring above. Somestimes ringed pellets around.
Comments
Rich Type 34, ‘Decorated Boar Left', middle period, all badly worn dies:
Rich Type 34a (BMC 3238-9): 19 on CCI (1 obverse, 3 reverse dies). Spoked wheel above boar, ringed pellets in front, below and under pellet exergual line, hair curl in front, small ring by nose. Pellet in pellet ring above horse with dashes for mane (Chris Rudd List 178, 9 Aug 2021, lot 22).
Rich Type 34b: 2 on CCI (2 obverse, 1 reverse dies). Large pellet ring above boar, ringed pelltes above, in front and below. Spoked wheel above horse with no mane, ringed pellets in front and below.
Rich Type 34c: 3 on CCI (1 obverse, 1 reverse die). Boar partly obliterated, ringed pellet below. Pellet ring above horse with dashes for mane, pellet behind, ring below.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | ||||||||
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Boar Horse# 34aMatthew Rich; 2014. Boar Horse. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. |
Spoked wheel above boar, ringed pellets in front, below and under pellet exergual line, hair curl in front, small ring by nose. Pellet in pellet ring above horse with dashes for mane | ||||||||||||
| ND (50 BC - 40 BC) | Boar Horse# 34bMatthew Rich; 2014. Boar Horse. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. |
Large pellet ring above boar, ringed pelltes above, in front and below. Spoked wheel above horse with no mane, ringed pellets in front and below | |||||||||||||
| ND (50 BC - 40 BC) | Boar Horse# 34cMatthew Rich; 2014. Boar Horse. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. |
Boar partly obliterated, ringed pellet below. Pellet ring above horse with dashes for mane, pellet behind, ring below | |||||||||||||
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Examples of the type
© British Museum, 1991,1110.114
ND (50 BC - 40 BC) – Boar Horse# 34a – Spoked wheel above boar, ringed pellets in front, below and under pellet exergual line, hair curl in front, small ring by nose. Pellet in pellet ring above horse with dashes for mane • Owmby, Lincolnshire • 12 mm • 0.5 g (see more)
ND (50 BC - 40 BC) – Boar Horse# 34a – Spoked wheel above boar, ringed pellets in front, below and under pellet exergual line, hair curl in front, small ring by nose. Pellet in pellet ring above horse with dashes for mane • Owmby, Lincolnshire • 12 mm • 0.5 g (see more)
© British Museum, 1991,1110.113
ND (50 BC - 40 BC) – Boar Horse# 34a – Spoked wheel above boar, ringed pellets in front, below and under pellet exergual line, hair curl in front, small ring by nose. Pellet in pellet ring above horse with dashes for mane • Owmby, Lincolnshire • 12 mm • 0.59 g (see more)
ND (50 BC - 40 BC) – Boar Horse# 34a – Spoked wheel above boar, ringed pellets in front, below and under pellet exergual line, hair curl in front, small ring by nose. Pellet in pellet ring above horse with dashes for mane • Owmby, Lincolnshire • 12 mm • 0.59 g (see more)
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