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Object Type
Museum number: 1919,0213.17
Denomination: stater
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Laureate head of Apollo, left. (obverse); Horse, left; traces of rider above. (reverse)
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 2ndC BC (circa)
Production place: Minted in: Gaul
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Fenny Stratford
Materials
Type series
Dimensions: Diameter: 26.50 millimetres; Weight: 7.38 grammes
Bibliographic references: Sills 2003 / Gaulish and early British gold coinage (293); Scheers 1977 / Traité de numismatique celtique II. La Gaule Belgique (series 8, class VIIIa, fig. 65); Evans 1864 / The Coins of the Ancient Britons (Pl.A4)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2016 11 Mar-25 Sep, Edinburgh, National Museums Scotland, ‘Celts’ 2015-2016 24 Sep-31 Jan, London, BM, G30, 'Celts: Art and Identity'
Subjects: classical deity; charioteer/chariot; equestrian
Associated names
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1919
Acquisition notes: Found in 1849 at Fenny Stratford (but recorded as Leighton Buzzard in Evans 1864).
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1919,0213.17

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