PAS SUR-CA4497 -

An Iron Age uninscribed silver unit (13.7mm, 1.3g) of the Regni / southern region, dating from c. 50-20 BC. Chichester Lyre type, possibly imitating continental issues. Obverse; devolved bust right with crescent-shaped hair curls. Reverse; horse facing right, pellet in ring above, ring and pellets in front, devolved comb or lyre below. Compares favourably to Bean's type QsT1-6 (Bean 2000, p. 70, fig. 3.8, p. 232), CCI 18.0567 and ABC 650.   Similar to other examples on the PAS database PUBLIC-58C3B7, SUR-832149, PUBLIC-6FC686 and HAMP-78A1A6. The distribution of these coins is limited to West Sussex and parts of Hampshire, with several known from Hayling Island. 

Bean, S.C.

2000

The Coinage of the Atrebates and Regni

Oxford

Oxford University School of Archaeology

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