Summary

Gold coin; Denomination: stater
Type British H

Coins of this type were considered to be issued by the Brigantes before the middle of the twentieth century, then they were attributed to the Coritani a tribal name based on a medieval manuscript of Ptolemy's Geography. This name was corrected in 1983 from a cursive latin inscription on a tile to Corieltauvi (see Tomlin, R.S.O. " Roman Leicester: a corrigendum: for 'Coritani' should we now read 'Corieltauvi'?)

Obverse Description

A crude and disjointed design ultimately derived from a head of Apollo wearing a laurel wreath, the wreath remains clear.

Reverse Description

A crudely formed horse advancing right with beads and a crescent above. (When purchased this design was seen as a horse to the left with the beads below)

Edge Description

plain

More Information

  • Collecting Areas

    Numismatics & Philately

  • Acquisition Information

    Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 15 Mar 1976

  • Acknowledgement

    Purchased, Felton Bequest, 1929

  • Date Issued

    50 BC - 25 AD

  • Issued By

    Corieltauni Tribe, Ancient Britain, 50 BC - 25 AD
    Coins of this type circulated in the land of the Corieltauni (Coritani) tribe, roughly modern Yorkshire, Cheshire and Lincolnshire.

  • Denomination

    Stater

  • Series

    Celtic

  • Material

    Gold

  • Axis

    12

  • Classification

    Coins, Great britain, Working strikes

  • Category

    History & Technology

  • Discipline

    Numismatics

  • Type of item

    Object

  • Dimensions

    19 mm (Outside Diameter), 6.419 g (Weight)

  • Shape

    Round

  • References

    cf. Mack 50 cf. Evans A.9 Transactions of the Leicester Archaeological and Historical Society 48 (1983); available at: [Link 1])
    [Book] Mack, R. P. 1975. The Coinage of Ancient Britain., p.161 no.50 Pages
    [Book] Evans, John. 1864. The Coins of the Ancient Britons., cf A.9 Pages

  • Keywords

    Celtic Art