MK-B | West-Kelten: „Regini und Atrebati“ ca. 60-50 v. Chr.

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West-Kelten: „Regini und Atrebati“ ca. 60-50 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett, Vault
Obverse	Glatter, ungeprägter Buckel.
Reverse	Stilisiertes Pferd nach r. Darüber der stark stilisierte Arm eines Wagenlenkers. Darunter ein Rad mit acht Speichen.
Class/status	Tribal issue
Date	ca. 60-50 v. Chr. Hellenism
Denomination	Stater Stater Literally the resp. one unit. Hence designating the main unit within a certain currency of a Greek city or realm. The silver tetradrachm of Athens or the tridrachm of Corinth hence are also the stater within each denominational system. The main meaning though, especially in modern scholarship, is that of a denomination in gold of about 8.6 grams in the Attic standard.
	Gold ; 5,87 g; 16-19 mm
Production	struck cracked flan
Region	Britannia
Country	Great Britain
Publications	R. D. van Arsdell, Celtic Coinage of Britain (1989) 115 Nr. 216-1 (Atrebatic B, ca. 55-45 v. Chr.); BMC Iron Age 461-475 (early uninscribed „Q“ gold, ca. Mitte 1. Jh. v. Chr.); Ch. Rudd (Hrsg.), Ancient British Coins (2010) Nr. 488 (Selsey type, ca. 60-50 v. Chr.).
Web Portals	https://iacb.arch.ox.ac.uk/id/abc.0488
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Celts
Accession	1873 Gansauge
Year of access	1873
previous Owner	Lieutenant general Hermann von Gansauge - 1871
Object number	18275448
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