Iron Age ('Celtic') coin – HCR52919

Obverse

Inscription:

CARA

Design:

head/bust right, wearing lionskin, CARA in front

Reverse

Design:

Eagle standing, holding snake

Information

Period

Iron Age (Europe)

Person

Caratacus

Authority

Atrebates, Regni

Denomination

Unit

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 30—45

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

1.27

Diameter (mm)

14.2

Reference

ABC : 1376

Note:

CCI 71.0024. Modern forgery, several striking cracks in contrast to genuine examples. The only other coin from these dies is much too heavy at 1.66g and was supposedly bought 'on a London street market' soon after this one; dies not present at Wanborough.

Reference

Iron Age Coins in Britain : https://iacb.arch.ox.ac.uk/id/abc.1376

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, jsills, mmasterson, cgallacher