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Source Description
Like many other pieces in the ancient British series of staters, those of the Bellovaci, which were struck on the mainland of Europe and in Britain, take their type from the gold staters of Philip II of Macedon (359–336 BC). This original coin was copied and recopied over a long period of time, the copies becoming on occasion very crude pieces. The head on the piece shown is a run-down form of the head of Philip while the reverse is all that is left of the chariot of Apollo, the Sun God, and its driver.
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Document identity
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144317
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Stater: Head (obverse); Horse with Victory (reverse)
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144317
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object
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Stater: Head (obverse); Horse with Victory (reverse)
description
Like many other pieces in the ancient British series of staters, those of the Bellovaci, which were struck on the mainland of Europe and in Britain, take their type from the gold staters of Philip II of Macedon (359–336 BC). This original coin was copied and recopied over a long period of time, the copies becoming on occasion very crude pieces. The head on the piece shown is a run-down form of the head of Philip while the reverse is all that is left of the chariot of Apollo, the Sun God, and its driver.
date
c. 125–100 BCE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79921355
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Coins
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 2.3 cm (7/8 in.)
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England
accession
1969.143
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tec
gold
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Stater: Head (obverse); Horse with Victory (reverse), c. 125–100 BCE. England. Gold; diameter: 2.3 cm (7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1969.143
collection
MED - Numismatics
didYouKnow
The Bellovaci were a Belgic tribe located near the present-day city of Beauvais, France, during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
citations
citation
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.
page_number
pp. 2
citation
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.
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pp. 1, 17-18
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The Norweb Collection
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2026-05-29 07:24:36.051000
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144317
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Medieval Art
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MED - Numismatics
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gold
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