MK-B | West-Kelten: „Catuvellauni“ um 50 v. Chr.

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West-Kelten: „Catuvellauni“ um 50 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett, Vault
Obverse	Stark stilisierter Apollonkopf nach r.
Reverse	Pferd nach r. Darüber ein Flügel (?). Darunter ein Buckelornament.
Class/status	Tribal issue
Date	um 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 ; 5,83 g; 17 mm; 12 h
Production	struck cracked flan
Region	Britannia
Country	Great Britain
Publications	R. D. van Arsdell, Celtic Coinage of Britain (1989) 335 f. Nr. 1476-5 (Trinovantian D, ca. 55-45 v. Chr.); BMC Iron Age Nr. 295-305 (early uninscribed „L“ gold, „Whaddon Chase“ type, ca. Mitte 1. Jh. v. Chr.); Ch. Rudd (Hrsg.), Ancient British Coins (2010) Nr. 2433 (Catuvellauni, early „Whaddon Chase“, um 50 v. Chr.).
Web Portals	https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/2572 https://iacb.arch.ox.ac.uk/id/abc.2433
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Celts
Accession	1873 Fox
previous Owner	Charles Richard Fox - 1873
Find place	Great Britain, Whaddon (Chase)
Object number	18275651
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