Celtic Iron Age Coriosolite 1/4 Stater with Swan's Neck and Banner
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
40-10 BC
The coin features a distinct Armorican-style head on the obverse, rendered in profile facing right, characterized by three large hair-locks, a slit eye, and a scroll element issuing from the mouth.
The reverse displays a fantastic, stylized horse moving to the right. Notable features of the reverse iconography include a bulbous chest, a sinuous 'swan's neck' formed by a double scroll, and a rectangular banner containing an 'X' shape situated before the horse, along with traces of a lash above and an uncertain motif below. Weighing 1.44 grams, these quarter staters are identified as highly localized, likely ritualistic issues often found in fana or sacred sites rather than commercial trade contexts.
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Physical characteristics
- Weight
- 1.44 grams
Technical characteristics
- Culture
- Celtic (Coriosolites)
- Denomination
- 1/4 stater
Design
- Obverse
- Armorican-style head right with three large hair-locks, slit eye and scroll issuing from mouth
- Reverse
- Fantastic horse right with bulbous chest, sinuous 'swan's neck', traces of lash above with X in square banner before, uncertain motif below
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
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