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Object Type
Museum number: EH,p39.27.Brit
Denomination: Iron Age only
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Laureate head of Apollo, right. (obverse); Horse, right. (reverse)
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 2ndC BC (circa)
Production place: Minted in: Gaul
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Carn Brea (Carn Brea hoard)
Materials
Type series
Dimensions: Diameter: 14 millimetres; Weight: 1.56 grammes
Curator's comments: This coin (from the 1749 Carn Brea hoard) was illustrated in Borlase's Natural History of Cornwall pl.xxix fig.8 (Evans 1864 p.50).
Bibliographic references: Sills 2003 / Gaulish and early British gold coinage (281) (type); Scheers 1977 / Traité de numismatique celtique II. La Gaule Belgique (series 8, class IV) (type); Hawkins 1837 / Greek Acquisitions prior to 1837
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical deity; horse/ass
Associated names
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: EH,p39.27.Brit

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