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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:2005.12.1 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name coin, Gallo-Belgic, Hobbs 1996, 145-6, pl.75, No.2425-2440, stater, 20 BC = 10 AD, Dubnovellaunos Description Iron Age gold stater of king Dubnovellaunos. Dated 20BC to 10AD. No legendOn the obverse there is a wreath punctuated by two opposed crescents with a single pellet-in-ring resting in the junction of both crescents. The obverse type has a pronounced banded structure running in the same direction as, but not quite parallel with the wreath. It had been struck centrally on the flan. The reverse shows a horse to left above a branch, with a pellet-in-ring above the rear of the horse and another below the branch. There is a pellet below the mouth of the animal. The type is inscribed but only the very lowest parts of the letters are on the flan, and the legend cannot be read. Production period Iron Age Material metal Dimensions diameter: 17.10 mm weight: 5.49 g Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:2005.12.1
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

coin, Gallo-Belgic, Hobbs 1996, 145-6, pl.75, No.2425-2440, stater, 20 BC = 10 AD, Dubnovellaunos
Description

Iron Age gold stater of king Dubnovellaunos. Dated 20BC to 10AD. No legendOn the obverse there is a wreath punctuated by two opposed crescents with a single pellet-in-ring resting in the junction of both crescents. The obverse type has a pronounced banded structure running in the same direction as, but not quite parallel with the wreath. It had been struck centrally on the flan. The reverse shows a horse to left above a branch, with a pellet-in-ring above the rear of the horse and another below the branch. There is a pellet below the mouth of the animal. The type is inscribed but only the very lowest parts of the letters are on the flan, and the legend cannot be read.
Production period

Iron Age
Material

metal
Dimensions

Details