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Cunobeline Quarter Stater: Corn (obverse); Horse and Branch (reverse)
c. AD 10–40
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The ear of corn or wheat is frequently found on coins of Cunobeline. The workmanship on the horse is not as good as another in the collection, 1969.152. The relative proportions of the head and neck are poor and the animal has acquired an additional joint in its right foreleg, though this does not appear on all specimens.
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- Title: Cunobeline Quarter Stater: Corn (obverse); Horse and Branch (reverse)
- Date Created: c. AD 10–40
- Physical Dimensions: Diameter: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.)
- Provenance: Mrs. Emery May Holden Norweb (1895-1984), Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Coins
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.153
- Medium: gold
- Inscriptions: CA MV, CVNO
- Fun Fact: Cunobeline (Strong as a Dog), was a king in pre-Roman Britain from about AD 9 until about AD 40.
- Department: Medieval Art
- Culture: England (Ancient Britain), 1st century A.D.
- Credit Line: The Norweb Collection
- Collection: MED - Numismatics
- Accession Number: 1969.153
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