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Roll on January! In January you
can (if you're lucky) get your
hands on this hugely handsome
Big Wheel Type version of the
Middle Whaddon Chase type gold
stater. It's a cracker, with a
big round flan of golden gold, a
cute horse, a sharp winged-ring
and - look closer - there's a
little slave chain to the left
of the winged-ring. Rainer Kretz
says:
“The highly effective crossed
wreath design, which was shared
with some other Whaddon Chase
types as well as the Wonersh
stater, went on to have a major
impact upon the North Thames
coinage and over the next few
decades spawned a number of
derivatives. Its influence can
be seen in the 1st and 2nd
coinage staters of Addedomaros
and Tasciovanos, closely
followed by the Ricon series,
Andoco’s stater, Dubnovellaunos’
minimalist version and finally
Cunobelinus’ biga type. The
similarity of the horses may
suggest that this was one of the
prototypes for Addedomaros’ 1st
coinage stater and hence
quite possibly an issue of his
likely predecessor
Cassivellaunos. The highly
effective crossed wreath design,
which was shared with some other
Whaddon Chase types as well as
the Wonersh stater, went on to
have a major impact upon the
North Thames coinage and over
the next few decades spawned a
number of derivatives. Its
influence can be seen in the 1st
and 2nd coinage staters of
Addedomaros and Tasciovanos,
closely followed by the Ricon
series, Andoco’s stater,
Dubnovellaunos’ minimalist
version (see no. 43 above) and
finally Cunobelinus’ biga type.
The similarity of the horses may
suggest that this was one of the
prototypes for Addedomaros’ 1st
coinage stater and hence
quite possibly an issue of his
likely predecessor
Cassivellaunos." Chris Rudd
January catalogue. 30.11.09 |
