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Celtic & Iron Age

The collection consists of c. 2500 Iron Age coins. It is particularly strong for Britain, thanks to the Arthur Evans and John Talbot collections with their numerous gold coins, and for Gaul, thanks to the largely bronze collection formed by Derek Allen. The Iron Age collection is of significance for the development of the subject. Sir John Evans, some of whose coins are preserved in the collection of his son Arthur, was a pioneering figure in the field of prehistoric numismatics and was the first person to devise a systematic classification of British Iron Age coinage. Derek Allen was likewise a key figure in the study of ‘Celtic’ numismatics. The collection has historically been referred to as ‘Celtic and Iron Age’, defined as the non-Roman coins found in Britain and the Continent at the end of prehistory. Current scholarship argues against the use of the term Celtic to describe the pre-Roman Iron Age peoples of Britain; we retain the use of it solely for historic reasons.

Iron Age ('Celtic') coin (HCR52744)

Period

Iron Age (Europe)

Denom.

Stater

Dating

50 BC—AD 40

Obverse

Wreath, cloak and crescents

Reverse

Disjointed horse left, rectangular head, body of crescents, four vertical legs, three roughly horizontal lines for tail, pellet below, many pellets above

Iron Age ('Celtic') coin (HCR52747)

Period

Iron Age (Europe)

Denom.

Stater

Dating

50 BC—AD 40

Obverse

Wreath, cloak and crescents

Reverse

Disjointed horse left, rectangular head, body of crescents, four vertical legs, three roughly horizontal lines for tail, pellet below, many pellets above

Iron Age ('Celtic') coin (HCR52748)

Period

Iron Age (Europe)

Denom.

Stater

Dating

50 BC—AD 40

Obverse

Wreath, cloak and crescents

Reverse

Disjointed horse left, rectangular head, body of crescents, four vertical legs, three roughly horizontal lines for tail, pellet below, many pellets above

Iron Age ('Celtic') coin (HCR52749)

Period

Iron Age (Europe)

Denom.

Stater

Dating

50 BC—AD 40

Obverse

Wreath, cloak and crescents

Reverse

Disjointed horse left, rectangular head, body of crescents, four vertical legs, three roughly horizontal lines for tail, pellet below, many pellets above

Iron Age ('Celtic') coin (HCR52750)

Period

Iron Age (Europe)

Denom.

Stater

Dating

50 BC—AD 40

Obverse

Wreath, cloak and crescents

Reverse

Disjointed horse left, rectangular head, body of crescents, four vertical legs, three roughly horizontal lines for tail, pellet below, many pellets above

Iron Age ('Celtic') coin (HCR52751)

Period

Iron Age (Europe)

Denom.

Stater

Dating

50 BC—AD 40

Obverse

Wreath, cloak and crescents

Reverse

Disjointed horse left, rectangular head, body of crescents, four vertical legs, three roughly horizontal lines for tail, pellet below, many pellets above

Iron Age ('Celtic') coin (HCR52752)

Period

Iron Age (Europe)

Denom.

Stater

Dating

50 BC—AD 40

Obverse

Wreath, cloak and crescents

Reverse

Disjointed horse left, rectangular head, body of crescents, four vertical legs, three roughly horizontal lines for tail, pellet below, many pellets above

Iron Age ('Celtic') coin (HCR52753)

Period

Iron Age (Europe)

Denom.

Stater

Dating

50 BC—AD 40

Obverse

Wreath, cloak and crescents

Reverse

Disjointed horse left, rectangular head, body of crescents, four vertical legs, three roughly horizontal lines for tail, pellet below, many pellets above

Iron Age ('Celtic') coin (HCR52839)

Period

Iron Age (Europe)

Person

Commios

Denom.

Unit

Dating

50—20 BC

Obverse

Moon head left, lentoid eye, curved ladder for hair

Reverse

Horse left, horizontal E symbol above, S shape (uncertain animal?) below

Iron Age ('Celtic') coin (HCR52840)

Period

Iron Age (Europe)

Person

Commios

Denom.

Unit

Dating

50—20 BC

Obverse

Moon head left, lentoid eye, curved ladder for hair

Reverse

Horse left, horizontal E symbol above, S shape (uncertain animal?) below

Iron Age ('Celtic') coin (HCR52871)

Period

Iron Age (Europe)

Person

Commios

Denom.

Minim

Dating

50—20 BC

Obverse

Square with concave sides, central pellet in ring

Reverse

Annulate horse left, wheel above

Iron Age ('Celtic') coin (HCR52929)

Period

Iron Age (Europe)

Denom.

Unit

Dating

50—20 BC

Obverse

Wolf left, two uncertain creatures above, rings around

Reverse

Stepping horse right

Iron Age ('Celtic') coin (HCR52931)

Period

Iron Age (Europe)

Denom.

Unit

Dating

50—20 BC

Obverse

Head right, curly hair, encircled by rings and pellets

Reverse

Lion left, pentagram below

Iron Age ('Celtic') coin (HCR53026)

Period

Iron Age (Europe)

Person

Addedomaros

Denom.

Stater

Dating

50 BC—AD 10

Obverse

Back- to-back crescents on plain field, pellets and lines within

Reverse

A EDOMAROS, Horse right, spiral sun (occ. wheel) above, branch below, A EDOMAROS around

Iron Age ('Celtic') coin (HCR53027)

Period

Iron Age (Europe)

Person

Addedomaros

Denom.

Stater

Dating

50 BC—AD 10

Obverse

Six-armed wreath spiral, three crescents at centre

Reverse

A IIDOM[, Horse right, cornucopia motif below, three horse muzzles and A IIDOM[ above

Iron Age ('Celtic') coin (HCR53028)

Period

Iron Age (Europe)

Person

Addedomaros

Denom.

Stater

Dating

50 BC—AD 10

Obverse

Six-armed wreath spiral, three crescents at centre

Reverse

A IIDOM[, Horse right, cornucopia motif below, three horse muzzles and A IIDOM[ above

Iron Age ('Celtic') coin (HCR53029)

Period

Iron Age (Europe)

Person

Addedomaros

Denom.

Stater

Dating

50 BC—AD 10

Obverse

Six-armed wreath spiral, three crescents at centre

Reverse

A IIDOM[, Horse right, cornucopia motif below, three horse muzzles and A IIDOM[ above

Iron Age ('Celtic') coin (HCR53030)

Period

Iron Age (Europe)

Person

Addedomaros

Denom.

Unit

Dating

50 BC—AD 10

Obverse

Head left, corded line for hairline, corded hair

Reverse

Horse left, pellet in ring below

Iron Age ('Celtic') coin (HCR53031)

Period

Iron Age (Europe)

Person

Addedomaros

Denom.

Unit

Dating

50 BC—AD 10

Obverse

Head left, corded line for hairline, corded hair

Reverse

Horse left, pellet in ring below

Iron Age ('Celtic') coin (HCR53068)

Period

Iron Age (Europe)

Denom.

Unit

Dating

50 BC—AD 10

Obverse

Head left, sharply pointed nose, heart-shaped ear, diadem above forehead, corded curls for hair, snake in reversed S-shape in front

Reverse

Prancing horse left, double upper front legs and right rear leg, tiny S-shapes for mane, pellet in ring below, pellet boss in ring of pellets above