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Two sides of a gold coin feature irregular edges and a hammered, textured appearance. On the left, a vertical wreath of stylized leaves is flanked by horizontal lines and crescents. On the right, a stylized horse faces right with a wing motif above and a raised dot between its legs. A horizontal line separates the image from a bottom section containing linear, textured details.

Stater: Wreath, Cloak, and Crescents (obverse); Horse and Wing Motif (reverse)

c. 60–20 BCE

England, Catuvellauni

gold
Diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)
The Norweb Collection 1969.149
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The fortunes of the Catuvellauni and their kings can be traced through ancient coins.

Description

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.
  • -1969
    Mrs. Emery May Holden Norweb (1895-1984), Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    -1969
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, and Emery May Norweb. English Gold Coins, Ancient to Modern Times, On Loan to the Cleveland Museum of Art from the Norweb Collection. 1968. pp.8
    Emery May Norweb Collection (Cleveland, Ohio), Emery May Norweb, C. E. Blunt, F. Elmore Jones, and R. P. Mack. Collection of Ancient British, Romano-British and English Coins. London: Spink, 1971. pp. 17-18
  • Year in Review: 1969. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).
    English Gold Coins: Ancient to Modern Times. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1963).
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