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Object Type
Museum number: R.12708
Denomination: stater
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Stylised head of Apollo, right. (obverse); Stylised horse, right. Forelegs of horse form two branches of star before horse. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 80BC-60BC (about)
Production place: Minted in: England (central Southern)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Yarmouth (Yarmouth hoard 1867 (probably))
Materials
Type series: British C; Yarmouth
Dimensions: Diameter: 20 millimetres; Weight: 6.14 grammes
Curator's comments: Metallurgical analysis RLD368: Au 30%, Ag 48%, Cu 22%
Bibliographic references: Hobbs 1996 / British Iron Age coins in the British Museum (78, p.50); Van Arsdell 1989 / Celtic Coinage of Britain (1220) (type); Evans 1864 / The Coins of the Ancient Britons (Supplement Pl.K10); ABC / Ancient British Coins (518) (type)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical deity; horse/ass
Associated names
Acquisition date: 1867 (or later)
Acquisition notes: Not previously registered. Thought to be from the Yarmouth 1867 hoard and recorded as such by Evans.
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: R.12708

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