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Two sides of a gold coin feature a stamped inscription and stylized imagery. On the left, the letters BODVOC are stamped across the top of a flat, worn field. On the right, a stylized animal figure with multiple legs is surrounded by symbols. Above the figure are two circles with central dots, while a small six-spoked wheel is positioned near the bottom edge. The coin has irregular edges and a scratched, golden surface.

Stater: BODVOC on plain field (obverse); Horse, Wheel, and Crescent (reverse)

10 BCE–20 CE

England, Dobunni

gold
Diameter: 1.8 cm (11/16 in.)
The Norweb Collection 1969.155
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The Dobunni were a tribe that lived on the British Isles prior to the Roman invasion of Britain.

Description

On coins in this same series the obverse legend (BODVOC) changes position. On some it is central across the field and complete, on others above and incomplete as seen here. As far as is known Bodvoc was one of the rulers of the Dobunni tribe. The horse has become even more crude, made up of lines and pellets and rough curves. The spokes of the wheel fail to meet nearly at the center.
  • -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
  • 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. 21-22
    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. 14
  • 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).
  • {{cite web|title=Stater: BODVOC on plain field (obverse); Horse, Wheel, and Crescent (reverse)|url=false|author=|year=10 BCE–20 CE|access-date=17 May 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1969.155