Catalog
1/4 Stater - Dubnovellaunos Trefoil
| Issuer | Cantii tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 30 BC - 10 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Essentially plain and uninscribed, the obverse field exhibits a characteristic raised diagonal band or banding ridge traversing the centre of the flan, a vestigial remnant of the geometric abstraction derived from earlier Macedonian gold stater prototypes. The surface is otherwise devoid of figural or epigraphic devices, presenting a smooth, slightly convex gold field typical of Late Iron Age British quarter stater coinage. The irregular flan edges reflect standard Celtic hammered production technique. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Dubnovellaunos is attested both as a Cantian king and — in a separate or possibly continuous reign — as a ruler among the Trinovantes, a dual presence unusual enough that Augustus himself appears to have acknowledged him: a king named Dubnovellaunos is listed among British rulers who sent embassies to Rome, recorded in the Res Gestae. Whether this refers to the Cantian ruler, the Trinovantian one, or the same man operating across tribal boundaries remains genuinely unresolved. The small flan and reduced weight of this quarter stater suggest a monetary system already fragmenting under Roman economic pressure in the decades before the Claudian invasion.