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Yoke Sunflower. c.50-40 BC. Celtic gold quarter stater. 12mm. 1.32g.
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Aylsham, Norfolk
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Yoke Sunflower. c.50-40 BC. Gold quarter stater. 12mm. 1.32g. Blank./ Horse l, yoke motif above, sunflower below, ringed-pellets around. ABC 207, VA—, BMC—, S—, Num. Circ. Dec. 1994, no.7783. Good VF, rose gold, neat flan, well centred, bold yoke. EXTREMELY RARE only eight others recorded.
The ‘yoke’ motif, which Sir John Evans says “is not unlike a buffalo’s head”, could well be a bucranium, cf. ABC 1450 and 1582.
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Yoke Sunflower. c.50-40 BC. Gold quarter stater. 12mm. 1.32g. Blank./ Horse l, yoke motif above, sunflower below, ringed-pellets around. ABC 207, VA—, BMC—, S—, Num. Circ. Dec. 1994, no.7783. Good VF, rose gold, neat flan, well centred, bold yoke. EXTREMELY RARE only eight others recorded.
The ‘yoke’ motif, which Sir John Evans says “is not unlike a buffalo’s head”, could well be a bucranium, cf. ABC 1450 and 1582.
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