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Gold Stater Western Qb / Tribal Sapling

Features

Issuer Dobunni tribe (Celtic Britain)
Type Standart tedavül madenî paralar
Yıllar 45 MÖ - 40 MÖ
Value Stater (1)
Currency Stater
Composition Altın
Ağırlık 5.6 g
Diameter 20 mm
Şekil Yuvarlak (düzensiz)
Technique Dövme
Orientation Değişik hizalamalar ↺
Demonetized Evet
Numara
N#
470263
Referanslar BMC Iron# 474, 475
Richard Hobbs; 1996. British Iron Age coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.
, Sills# 217, 218
John Sills; 2017. Divided Kingdoms: The Iron Age Gold Coinage of Southern England. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom.
, COD# 1
Peter Healy; 2025. Coins of the Dobunni: Designed by Druids for Belgic Kings?. Chris Rudd, Aylesham, United Kingdom.

Series: Southern Local Issues (North-Western British Qb and Qc Derivatives)

Obverse

(en) Plain (well worn die with abstracted head of Apollo), sometimes with a linear or branch-like flaw. Sometimes flawed around the dome.

Reverse

(en) Disjointed horse right, triple-tail with pellet terminals. Charioteer's arm above. Four or six-spoked wheel below. Sometimes short lightning bolts or irregular dashes around the horse.

Comments

(en)

1 in the Portable Antiquities Scheme database.
2 in the British Museum (BMC 474, BMC 475).
17 in Sills.
The above counts include duplicates. Most are categorised as late British Qb (ABC 488), as in the Celtic Coin Index.

Could be a coin of the Atrebates but Sills argues it may be the first of the Dobunni.

Sills Western Qb (2 obverse, 10 reverse dies): Early Southern Coinage; North-Western British Qb and Qc Derivatives; Staters: Class 1 - Western Qb. Lower weight and fineness than the main series. Distribution is similar to north-western Qc Wheel quarters and may be the first Dobunni coins, not least because a branch-like flaw on the obverse resembles the Dobunni branch emblem (British Ra, ABC 2003) and may have been the origin, as was the Western Qb type. Very difficult to distinguish from late British Qb (ABC 488) but often have deep striking cracks. Sills gives two examples:
Sills DK 217: Short lightning bolts around the horse. See CCI 70.0078.
Sills DK 218: Flawed around the dome, with a branch-like flaw. Irregular dashes around the horse. See CCI 93.0964.


Sills chronology: Gallo-Belgic Ca - Insular Cf / Aa Westerham - British Ad - British Q and L - North-Western British Qb and Qc Derivatives.

Healy Phase 1. COD 1: 22 known.

British Museum metallurgical analysis RL11295Y: Au 46%, Ag 30%, Cu 24% / RL11296W: Au 45%, Ag 19%, Cu 36%.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Referanslar
ND (45 MÖ - 40 MÖ)  Fotoğraf (en) No branch-like flaw on dome. Irregular dashes around the horse
ND (45 MÖ - 40 MÖ)  Fotoğraf Sills# 217
John Sills; 2017. Divided Kingdoms: The Iron Age Gold Coinage of Southern England. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom.
(en) No branch-like flaw on dome. Short lightning bolts around the horse
ND (45 MÖ - 40 MÖ)  Fotoğraf Sills# 218
John Sills; 2017. Divided Kingdoms: The Iron Age Gold Coinage of Southern England. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom.
(en) Branch-like flaw on dome. Irregular dashes around the horse

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Gold Stater (Western Qb / Tribal Sapling) Picture 2 of the example of Gold Stater (Western Qb / Tribal Sapling)
© British Museum, 1935,1117.909
ND (45 MÖ - 40 MÖ) – (en) No branch-like flaw on dome. Irregular dashes around the horse • 20 mm5.02 g
Metallurgical analysis RL11296W: Au 45%, Ag 19%, Cu 36%
(Daha fazla gör)
Picture 1 of the example of Gold Stater (Western Qb / Tribal Sapling) Picture 2 of the example of Gold Stater (Western Qb / Tribal Sapling)
© British Museum, 1935,1117.37
ND (45 MÖ - 40 MÖ) – Sills# 217 – (en) No branch-like flaw on dome. Short lightning bolts around the horse • 19.5 mm5.41 g
Metallurgical analysis RL11295Y: Au 46%, Ag 30%, Cu 24%.
(Daha fazla gör)
Picture 1 of the example of Gold Stater (Western Qb / Tribal Sapling) Picture 2 of the example of Gold Stater (Western Qb / Tribal Sapling)
© 2007 Oxford University & The Portable Antiquities Scheme (CC BY-SA 4.0)
ND (45 MÖ - 40 MÖ) – Sills# 218 – (en) Branch-like flaw on dome. Irregular dashes around the horse
PAS Unique ID: CCI-930964 https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/323781
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