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Description: | All four are Iron Age gold quarter staters produced during the century before the Romans invaded southern Britain in AD 43. The earliest (no. 1 below) is an early uninscribed coin of the so-called "Double Torc" type, struck in Kent in about 50-20 BC. Two coins (nos. 2-3) were produced by Eppillus, who is known to have issued coins in Kent and Hampshire in about 10 BC- AD 10. The latest (no. 4) is a coin of Cunobelin struck in about AD 10-40. Although this coin was probably made in the Hertfordshire Essex area, coins of this type are commonly found in Kent.1. Uninscribed Kentish "Double Torc" gold quarter stater. Type not published in the major catalogues. A similar coin was acquired by the British Museum in 1994 (Registration no. 1994, 0503.1). Weight: 1.22g; Registered as CCI 10.0996.2. Gold quarter stater of Eppillus, VA 437 = BMC 1130. Weight: 1.27g; Registered as CCI 10.0997.3. Similar to no. 2. above. Weight: 1.30; Registered as CCI 10.0998.4. Gold quarter stater of Cunobelin, "Wild" series, VA 1935 = BMC 1841. Weight: 6.13g; Registered as CCI 10.0999.VA = Van Arsdell, Celtic Coinage of Britain, London, 1989BMC = Hobbs, British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum, London, 1996CCI = Celtic Coin Index, Oxford & London
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