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Bronze Unit - Cunobelin Cunobelinus Rex
| Issuer | Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 20-43 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Romanised draped bust of a figure facing right, rendered in a Celtic interpretation of classical portraiture with distinctly stylised hair. The legend CVNOBELINVS REX is disposed around the bust, reading 'King Cunobelin.' A pellet border frames the entire design, a common decorative element on late British Iron Age coinage reflecting Roman artistic influence. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A bull butting to the right, depicted with vigorous Celtic stylisation, positioned above an exergual line. The abbreviated inscription TASC appears in the exergue below the line, referencing Tasciovanos, father of Cunobelin and predecessor as ruler of the Catuvellauni. The compact, energetic rendering of the bull reflects the assimilation of Hellenistic and Roman iconographic conventions into late Iron Age British coinage. |
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