Stater: Wreath, Cloak, and Crescents (obverse); Horse and Wing Motif (reverse)

c. 60–20 BCE Diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.149

This particular type of stater received its type name, Whaddon Chase, from a hoard of over 320 such pieces which were turned up by a plow in a field called Narbury on the Whaddon Hall estate, Buckinghamshire, on February 14, 1849. The surrounding countryside is known as Whaddo...

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Technique
gold
Medium
gold
Genre
Coins
Department
Medieval Art

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