Stater: Wreath, Cloak, and Crescents (obverse); Horse and Wing Motif (reverse)
Unknown Artist
c. 60–20 BCE
Medium
gold
Dimensions
diam. 1.9 cm
Classification
Coins
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
The Norweb Collection
Accession Number
1969.149
About this artwork
This particular type of stater received its type name, Whaddon Chase, from a hoard of over 320 such pieces which were turned up by a plow in a field called Narbury on the Whaddon Hall estate, Buckinghamshire, on February 14, 1849. The surrounding countryside is known as Whaddon Chase, the name still in use today. This area is well within the territory of the Catuvellaunia.