Record ID: WILT-D70E5C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy 'Chichester Cock' bronze unit of the Regini (or Atrebates) dating to the period BC 65-45. Obverse depicts a helmeted head. Reverse depicts a small bearded head surmounted by a cock possibly holding a snake in its beak. "These coins are copied from Gaulish types. Chichester Cock bronze units constitute a very large coinage of the mid 1st century BC. .. they are the only bronze coins issued in the Southern Region .. they feature an anthropomorphic cockerel, a genre of grotesque fantasy beasts know as grylloi which date from the 5th century BC." (ABC p 56). Cf Rudd, C, 201…
Created on: Thursday 2nd October 2014
Last updated: Monday 8th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Uffington', grid reference and parish protected.