Gold ¼ Stater Gisleham Glory
Features
| Issuer |
Iceni tribe
(Celtic Britain)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1-10 |
| Value | ¼ Stater |
| Currency | Stater |
| Composition | Złoto |
| Weight | 0.9 g |
| Diameter | 12 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły (nieregularny) |
| Technique | Młotkowana |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 460698 |
| References | ABC# 1492 Elizabeth Cottam, Philip de Jersey, Chris Rudd, John Sills; 2010. Ancient British Coins. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. John Talbot; 2017. Made for Trade: A New View of Icenian Coinage. Oxbow, Oxford, United Kingdom.Elizabeth Cottam, Chris Rudd; 2022. Coins of the Iceni. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. |
Series: Denominational Period I
Obverse
(en) Cruciform motif of four ringed pellets on spokes projecting from central four-spoked wheel. Pellet on either side of teardrop motif topped with crossbar in angles between each spoke. Pellet border.
Reverse
(en) Curvy (globular) horse right, solid head, dashes for mane. Ring of pellets or plain torc above. Ringed pellet below. Branch or crescents in exergue.
Comments
(en)
Talbot Saham Toney. The denominational period started with higher purity gold (after the debasement of the Wolf B) and is stylistically linked to early local period silver. Saham Toney was the first issue from Mint C, which was a small mint in the east of the region. This was a lengthy issue, with very different styles of die in a linked sequence. One obverse is like Tasciovanos's Warrior (ABC 2610) and may be the same engraver. Early coins are often overstruck on coinage from other regions. Saham Toney was followed by Early Pattern Horse B. The mint's output is characterised by the horse's Y-shaped head crossed by an elongated pellet, and later two lines of three pellets on its chest. Saham Toney produced Gisleham Glory quarter, Toney Curly unit, Dead Head unit, Triadic Trefoil half and Geometric Trefoil half.
Talbot Chronology: Gallo-Belgic E/Ingoldisthorpe - Early Local Period I (55BC-35BC) - Early Local Period II (35BC-15BC) - Denominational Period I (15BC-5) - Denominational Period II (5-25: Boar Horse B - Boar Horse C) - Denominational Period III (25-45).
Cottam and Rudd list two types:
COI 66a (Talbot Saham Toney, Type 92a) - Gisleham Glory Torc (5 known): Horse leaping, torc crescents around. Chris Rudd's 'Decorative Type’ (Chris Rudd List 160, 13 August 2018, lot 19, see CCI 11.0140).
COI 66b (ABC 1492) - Gisleham Glory Rosette (5 known): Horse standing in corn ear, ring of pellets (rosette) above. Chris Rudd's ‘J-Type’ (see Chris Rudd List 205, 15 March 2026, lot 16, CCI 06.0384).
Cottam and Rudd Chronology: Gallic War Unity (55-50BC) - Post-War Austerity (50-35BC) - Peaceful Prosperity (35BC-20) - Client-State Conformity (20-47) - Claudian Regality (43-47).
Likely inspired by Catuvellaunian coins struck in Hertfordshire - quadrate ringed-pellets from Tasciovanos staters (ABC 2550-53, 2559-68), teardrops from Tasciovanos quarters (ABC 2583-89) and the T-shaped bucrania of Tasciovanos and Andoco (ABC 2598 and ABC 2718). All ultimately derived from Gallo-Belgic G à l’ancre type staters (DT 169-170, DK 150).
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | ||||||||
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| ND (1-10) | 
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COI# 66a Elizabeth Cottam, Chris Rudd; 2022. Coins of the Iceni. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. |
(en) Horse leaping, torc crescents around | ||||||||||||
| ND (1-10) | COI# 66b Elizabeth Cottam, Chris Rudd; 2022. Coins of the Iceni. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. |
(en) Horse standing in corn ear, ring of pellets above | |||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 100
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Examples of the type
© British Museum, 2000,0301.4
ND (1-10) – COI# 66a – (en) Horse leaping, torc crescents around • Fincham, Norfolk • 11.5 mm • 1.03 g • Hoard: Fincham Hoard (see more)
ND (1-10) – COI# 66a – (en) Horse leaping, torc crescents around • Fincham, Norfolk • 11.5 mm • 1.03 g • Hoard: Fincham Hoard (see more)
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