Gold ¼ Stater - Cunobelinus Linear
Features
| Issuer |
Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes
(Celtic Britain)  |
|---|---|
| King |
Cunobeline (circa AD 9-40)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 10-20 |
| Value | ¼ Stater |
| Currency | Stater |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 1.35 g |
| Diameter | 11 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 96168 |
| References | ABC# 2810 Elizabeth Cottam, Philip de Jersey, Chris Rudd, John Sills; 2010. Ancient British Coins. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. Robert D. Van Arsdell; 1989. Celtic Coinage of Britain. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. Standard Catalogue of British Coins (37 volumes).Richard Hobbs; 1996. British Iron Age coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , Mack# 209Richard Paston Mack; 1975. The Coinage of Ancient Britain. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , Sills# 575 John Sills; 2017. Divided Kingdoms: The Iron Age Gold Coinage of Southern England. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. |
Series: Linear
Obverse
Corn ear (barley) of three or four pairs of grains with clearly-defined central stalk and bristles rising from the grains in the top half, base of stem has two long arcs (leaves) either side. Short inscription to left and right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: CA-M
Unabridged legend: Camulodunon.
Reverse
Horse prancing right, with ladder mane. Branch above with pellet above and below. Inscription below.
Script: Latin
Lettering: CVN
Unabridged legend: Cunobelinus.
Translation: Cunobelin.
Mint
| CAMV | Camulodunum, modern-day Colchester, United Kingdom |
Comments
57 in the Celtic Coin Index.
11 in the Portable Antiquities Scheme database.
18 in the British Museum (1997,0140.34 is Wild A Angled Leg).
90 in Sills.
The above counts include duplicates.
Evans: IX.14 (1864, p. 304, pl. IX).
Van Arsdell Classification: Trinovantian U, Coinage of Cunobeline, Restoration Period (Heavy Staters), Linear Type Gold Coins.
Sills Linear (8 obverse, 11 reverse dies): North Thames Coinage; Type: Cunobelinus; Quarter Staters: Class 2 - Linear. The equivalent stater is Linear (ABC 2774).
Sills chronology: Gallo-Belgic Ca - British G (Early Clacton) / Aa Westerham - British La (Whaddon Chase) - British Lb (Westbury) - Addedomaros - Dubnovellaunos - Tasciovanos - Cunobelinus (Biga - Linear - Wild - Plastic - Classic).
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (10-20) | 
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Four pairs of grains | |||||||||||||
| ND (10-20) |
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Three pairs of grains | |||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 94
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Examples of the type
© British Museum, 1919,0213.362
ND (10-20) – Three pairs of grains • Swaffham Bulbeck, Buckinghamshire • 11 mm • 1.37 g (see more)
ND (10-20) – Three pairs of grains • Swaffham Bulbeck, Buckinghamshire • 11 mm • 1.37 g (see more)
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