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coin
Object Type
coin
Museum number
1919,0213.773
Denomination
half stater
Description
Gold coin.
(whole)
Head, right.
(obverse)
Horse and charioteer, right; eight-pointed star below horse.
(reverse)
Authority
Issuer:
Anonymous
Cultures/periods
Continental Iron Age
Production date
3rdC BC-2ndC BC
(circa)
Production place
Minted in:
Gaul
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Margate (UK)
Materials
gold
Dimensions
Diameter:
15 millimetres
Weight:
3.56 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Delestrée & Tache I / Nouvel Atlas des Monnaies Gauloises I. De la Seine au Rhin
(19)
(type)
Scheers 1977 / Traité de numismatique celtique II. La Gaule Belgique
(series 3, class I, fig. 27)
(type)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
charioteer/chariot
equestrian
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Sir Arthur John Evans
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
W H Rolfe
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Sir John Evans
Acquisition date
1919
Acquisition notes
On ticket: Found at Margate, Rolfe.
Department
Money and Medals
Registration number
1919,0213.773