Gold ¼ Stater Little Wolf

Features

Issuer	Iceni tribe (Celtic Britain)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	55 BC - 50 BC
Value	¼ Stater
Currency	Stater
Composition	Gold
Weight	1.56 g
Diameter	10 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 460685
References	ABC# 1459 Elizabeth Cottam, Philip de Jersey, Chris Rudd, John Sills; 2010. Ancient British Coins. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. , Talbot MfT# Norfolk Wolf A John Talbot; 2017. Made for Trade: A New View of Icenian Coinage. Oxbow, Oxford, United Kingdom. , COI# 2 Elizabeth Cottam, Chris Rudd; 2022. Coins of the Iceni. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom.

Series: Early Local Period I

Obverse

Boar ('two men in a boat') with bristles left. Schematic boar below.

Reverse

Wolf right, open jaws snapping at crescent. Crescent and pellet above. Oval in front.

Comments

Four known.

Talbot Norfolk Wolf A (4 coins, 2 obverse, 3 reverse dies): Same style as die group 1 of the associated stater, Norfolk Wolf A.

Talbot Chronology: Gallo-Belgic E/Ingoldisthorpe - Early Local Period I (55BC-35BC) - Early Local Period II (35BC-15BC) - Denominational Period I (15BC-5: Snettisham - Plouviez - Irstead - Early Boar Horse) - Denominational Period II (5-25: Boar Horse B - Boar Horse C) - Denominational Period III (25-45).

Cottam and Rudd COI 2 - Little Wolf (4 known).

Cottam and Rudd Chronology: Gallic War Unity (55-50BC) - Post-War Austerity (50-35BC) - Peaceful Prosperity (35BC-20) - Client-State Conformity (20-47) - Claudian Regality (43-47).

The illustrated coin is in the Portable Antiquities Scheme database (CC BY-SA 4.0, background removed).

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (55 BC - 50 BC)

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