Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1/2 Silver Unit Norfolk Ring Boar type
| Issuer | Iceni tribe |
|---|---|
| Year | 20 BC - 40 AD |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Sp#437, V#661, ABC#1621, Mack#411, GCV#180 |
| Obverse description | A stylised boar rendered in the Celtic La Tène artistic tradition, depicted in profile facing left with a prominently incised spinal crest rendered as a series of short vertical strokes. The animal's body is compactly formed with characteristic Celtic abstraction. Surrounding the boar are decorative Celtic ring ornaments and crescentic motifs distributed across the field, including a large ringed pellet to the upper left and a spiral terminal to the lower right, all typical of Icenian artistic convention. The flan is irregular and the surfaces show the characteristic flow lines of hammered Celtic silver production. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A horse depicted in the Celtic stylised manner, moving to the left across a field scattered with multiple pellets arranged in a loose arc above the animal. The horse is rendered with characteristic Icenian abstraction, its legs suggested by schematic linear forms and the body compact and rounded. A curved crescentic element appears to the right of the horse, with additional pellets distributed across the lower field. The irregular flan and rough hammered surfaces are consistent with the hand-struck technology of Iron Age Celtic coinage. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
The Iceni occupied what is now Norfolk and Suffolk, and their coinage circulated entirely without Roman authorization during a period when Rome was consolidating control over southern Britain. This type predates the catastrophic revolt of Boudica in 60–61 AD, after which Iceni tribal identity — and with it, the tradition of independent coinage — was effectively destroyed. The boar series is thought to reflect clan or dynastic distinctions within the tribe rather than a single issuing authority.