IRON AGE COIN

-100

Iron Age coin; Struck gold stater, uninscribed North Eastern (Corieltavian), British H type. Dated to 60-20 BC.Obv. Debased copy of 'Philip of Macedon' portrait; described in the British Museum catalogue as 'line h crossed by leaf k and triplets m, before two crescents o, crescent a, misc z and misc 13, below misc w'Rev. Horse; described in the British Museum catalogue as 'horse right, exergual line k, above crescent c, misc i and c.10 pellets, before wheel a, c.3 pellets and curved line, below pellet, behind 2 pellets, misc 12 and wheel a'No inscription on either sideDiameter 19.5mm, thickness 2.5mm, weight 6.18gRefs: VA800-3, British Museum catalogue number 182, page 54 (illustrated on plate 8)