Stater: Plain (obverse); Horse (reverse)

c. 57–45 BCE Diameter: 1.7 cm (11/16 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.145

Julius Caesar recorded that in the year 57 BC, chieftains who had unsuccessfully resisted him in Gaul took refuge in Britain. This wave of refugees brought with them, and probably also struck in Britain, the staters known as the Gallo-Belgic type (this specific one is known as...

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Culture
England
Technique
gold
Medium
gold
Genre
Coins
Department
Medieval Art

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