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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 the Morini type). There is no sign of any part of an obverse design and the horse, now detached from the chariot, has become extremely crude in design. The minting technique however, is good as the design is clear-cut and sharp.
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Document identity
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144323
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Stater: Plain (obverse); Horse (reverse)
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144323
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object
title
Stater: Plain (obverse); Horse (reverse)
description
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 the Morini type). There is no sign of any part of an obverse design and the horse, now detached from the chariot, has become extremely crude in design. The minting technique however, is good as the design is clear-cut and sharp.
date
c. 57–45 BCE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79921368
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Coins
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 1.7 cm (11/16 in.)
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England
accession
1969.145
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gold
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Stater: Plain (obverse); Horse (reverse), c. 57–45 BCE. England. Gold; diameter: 1.7 cm (11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1969.145
collection
MED - Numismatics
didYouKnow
When struck this coin became concave, curving inward.
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. 4
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
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The Norweb Collection
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2026-05-29 07:24:38.796000
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144323
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Medieval Art
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MED - Numismatics
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gold
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