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Bronze Unit - Cunobelin Cunobelinus Belenus
| Issuer | Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 10-20 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Facing male head rendered in a bold, schematic Celtic artistic style, depicted full-face and centrally positioned within the flan. The visage displays prominent almond-shaped eyes, a broad nose, and a well-defined beard and moustache rendered with stylised pellet or linear detailing. The hair is indicated by a series of raised curved striations framing the face around the periphery of the flan, giving the impression of a radiate or tousled coiffure. The overall treatment reflects the distinctive La Tène-influenced die-cutting tradition of late Iron Age Britain, with strong, simplified forms conveying a powerful, almost mask-like frontality. |
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| Reverse description | A boar advancing to the left, rendered in the stylised Celtic manner characteristic of Catuvellaunian coinage, with a curled tail and body details suggested by pellet-in-ring motifs. A decorative branch or floral element appears above the boar, occupying the upper field. The abbreviated inscription of the issuing ruler appears below the boar in the lower field. The overall composition is compact and well-centred within the irregular flan, consistent with hand-struck Iron Age coinage of this series. |
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| Reverse lettering | CVN (Translation: Cunobelin.) |
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