Coin; Stater

MOL.2015.51.2

Part of

Malpas Hoard

The Malpas Hoard is a group of 7 Iron Age and 28 Roman coins discovered in Cheshire in 2014.

About this object

Iron Age coin found near Malpas, Cheshire: western gold stater, issued by EISV.

Previous finds of Western coinage suggest that they circulated in Gloucestershire and the surrounding counties, so considerably further to the south than the present findspot. Western coins are traditionally associated with the Dobunni who inhabited the aforementioned area in the Roman period and perhaps before AD 43.

Ancient British Coins reference 2078; Van Ardsell reference 1105.

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Object specifics

Type

Currency and Exchange; Coin; Stater
Culture

Celtic
Date made

Roman (struck before the conquest of England); 20 AD - 50 AD
Materials

Metal; Gold alloy
Location

Item not currently on display
Place collected

Europe: Northern Europe: UK: England: Cheshire: Malpas
Date collected

2014
Measurements

5.25 g

Object view = Archaeology
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