id:			144326
accession number:	1969.146
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.146
updated:		2023-08-23 22:12:20.644000

Verica Stater: Sunken Tablet (obverse); Horse and Rider (reverse), c. AD 10–40. England (Ancient Britain), 1st century A.D.. Gold; diameter: 1.7 cm (11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1969.146

title:				Verica Stater: Sunken Tablet (obverse); Horse and Rider (reverse)
title in original language:	
series:				
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creation date:			c. AD 10–40
creation date earliest:		5
creation date latest:		45
current location:		
creditline:			The Norweb Collection
copyright:			

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culture:	England (Ancient Britain), 1st century A.D.
technique:	gold
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Numismatics
type:		Coins
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Diameter: 1.7 cm (11/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	"COM F"
	translation:	
	remark:		

	inscription:	VIR REX
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1969
	opening date:   1970-01-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1969</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>English Gold Coins: Ancient to Modern Times.</em> The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1963).

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Emery May Holden Norweb (1895-1984), Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -1969
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1969-
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fun fact:
Verica was king just before the conquest of Britain by the Romans.

digital description:


wall description:
Verica was the youngest son of Commius. He is identified as the Bericus whom the historian Sion Cassius refers to as being in exile, and appealing to Claudius for help. Commius was king of the Atrebates. When Caesar was planning his first visit to Britain, some Britons sent him envoys with offers of hostages and allegiance to Rome. Caesar received them favorably and retained no hostages but sent Commius and his high commissioner with instructions to persuade the Britons to ally themselves with Rome, and to expect Caesar in person in a few weeks time. This took place in 55 BC. It is therefore possible that Verica was either born fairly late in his father's life or that he was illegitimate. However that may be, his reign can with reasonable accuracy be placed as being in the first and second quarters of the first century AD.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Emery May Norweb. English Gold Coins, Ancient to Modern Times, On Loan to the Cleveland Museum of Art from the Norweb Collection. 1968.
	page number: 	pp. 5
	url:		

	Emery May Norweb Collection (Cleveland, Ohio), Emery May Norweb, C. E. Blunt, F. Elmore Jones, and R. P. Mack. Collection of Ancient British, Romano-British and English Coins. London: Spink, 1971.
	page number: 	pp. 17-18
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