48 - GB-Ca2 Class 3 - The TCx3 Collection

Unique ID: 48

Technical details

DataDescriptionProvenanceReferences

Denomination	Quarter Stater	Metal	Gold
Area	Belgic Gaul	Region	Pas-de-Calais
Issuing Authority	Morini	Issuer	Unknown
Weight	1.79g	Diameter	9.49mm
Rarity	Very Rare (16 to 30)	Date	120 BC to 102 BC (see note about dating)

Obverse Legend	No Legend
Reverse Legend	No Legend
Obverse Description	The obverse shows a boat with two figures. The obverse is sometimes rotated 180 degrees and described as a stylised animal (normally a boar but sometimes a wolf), but the arguments for this are unconvincing and the text required to describe the design as a boar or other abstract animal becomes increasingly convoluted. A possible interpretation of the boat and its passengers was presented by Daphne Nash Briggs in "Reading the images on lron-Age coins: I. the sun-boat and its passengers".
Reverse Description	A crooked line runs horizontally, with an elongated ragged object above. This is what becomes the anemone (or tree) on later GB-Ca2 coins. Below the line is a near vertical line

Bt. Ebay 2018. Item number 123507312480

Divided Kingdoms	DK 19. GB-Ca2 Class 3
Sills 2003	Sills 428. GB-Ca2 Class 3
Scheers	Scheers Series 13. Les quarts “au bateau”

Gallo Belgic Ca2, or GB-Ca2 for short, is the quarter stater that accompanied the ubiquitous GB-Ca staters. These were minted in stages between 125 BC and 58 BC. This coin is class 3 (of 6) so was minted around 123 BC to 102 BC for the Cimbric wars.

This is one of three GB-Ca2 quarters (of any class) in my collection (see 45 and 52)