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{
    "localId": "144348",
    "label": "Cunobeline Quarter Stater: Corn (obverse); Horse and Branch (reverse)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

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    "id": "144348",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Cunobeline Quarter Stater: Corn (obverse); Horse and Branch (reverse)",
    "description": "The ear of corn or wheat is frequently found on coins of Cunobeline. The workmanship on the horse is not as good as another in the collection, <a href=\"https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1969.152\">1969.152</a>. The relative proportions of the head and neck are poor and the animal has acquired an additional joint in its right foreleg, though this does not appear on all specimens.",
    "date": "c. 10–40 CE",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.153",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79921426"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Coins"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.153/1969.153_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.153/1969.153_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "England"
    ],
    "accession": "1969.153"
}

{
    "tec": "gold",
    "tombstone": "Cunobeline Quarter Stater: Corn (obverse); Horse and Branch (reverse), c. 10–40 CE. England. Gold; diameter: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1969.153",
    "collection": "MED - Numismatics",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "CA MV"
        },
        {
            "inscription": "CVNO",
            "inscription_remark": "reverse"
        }
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "Cunobeline (Strong as a Dog), was a king in pre-Roman Britain from about AD 9 until about AD 40.",
    "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. 12"
        },
        {
            "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.",
            "page_number": "pp. 17-18"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.153",
    "creditline": "The Norweb Collection",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:24:44.774000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.153/1969.153_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 144348,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Numismatics",
    "med": "gold",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
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    "mediaId": "76aab94879904f62"
}