Coins & Medals
Stater: Wreath, Cloak, and Crescents (obverse); Horse and Wing Motif (reverse)
MetalworkCoin
Details
- Author / creator
- England, Catuvellauni
- Object type
- Coin or medal
- Date or period
- c. 60–20 BCE
- Dimensions summary
- Diameter: 1.9 cm
- Denomination
- Stater
- Issuer / ruler
- England, Catuvellauni
- Mint
- London (Tower Mint)
- Metal
- Gold
- Weight (g)
- 6.13
- Diameter (mm)
- 19
- Image rights
- Public domain (CC0)
About this object
This particular type of stater received its type name, Whaddon Chase, from a hoard of over 320 such pieces which were turned up by a plow in a field called Narbury on the Whaddon Hall estate, Buckinghamshire, on February 14, 1849. The surrounding countryside is known as Whaddon Chase, the name still in use today. This area is well within the territory of the Catuvellaunia.
Materials and technique
Gold
Obverse
Wreath, Cloak, and Crescents
Reverse
Horse and Wing Motif
