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Description: | Good condition, unusual type? - obv not precisely paralleled in quick search. Images to go to John Davies and Philip de Jersey for further comment:.. Comment from JD, with input also from John Talbot, currently researching early Face-Horse types, follows: "Firstly, it is Early Face-horse A. Apparently there are a couple of other examples of this precise obverse type - but this is the best example - and probably the earliest of the dies. The reverse is a completely new variety. There are a couple of similar examples but nothing quite like this. Again, John thinks this is likely to be early, within the EFH series. Early Face-horses tend to come from west/central Norfolk. So, the findspot is also unusual".PdeJ confirms "Although it obviously belongs to the basic early face/horse A group, the left-facing head doesn't usually have the 'tongue', or whatever it is, extending from its mouth - there should be a large rosette motif there - and there are small differences from the norm on the reverse too." Celtic Coin Index ref 03.0501.See SMR Parish file for a diagram of EFH A coins with this eg added to his Group 1 from John Talbot.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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