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Bronze Unit - Cunobelin Cunobelinus Sitting Boar
| Issuer | Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 10-20 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of Cunobelin rendered in a schematic Celtic style, the figure depicted frontally with stylised drapery visible at the shoulders and a rudimentary facial profile. The legend CVNOBE(LI), naming the issuing king, arcs around the left and upper field in debased Latin characters. The artistic treatment reflects the assimilation of classical portraiture conventions into indigenous British Celtic coinage, resulting in a bold but abbreviated effigy typical of the Catuvellaunian series. |
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| Reverse description | A boar standing to the right, depicted in a vigorous and characteristically Celtic linear style with exaggerated bristles along the spine and sturdy legs indicated by incised lines. The animal occupies the central field, conveying the symbolic importance of the boar in Iron Age British iconography as an emblem of strength and fertility. Below and around the figure, the abbreviated legend TASC FIL — identifying Cunobelin as the son of Tasciovanos — appears in Latin characters, establishing dynastic legitimacy. The overall composition is compact and confident, consistent with the mature Catuvellaunian bronze coinage tradition. |
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| Reverse lettering | TASC FIL (Translation: Son of Tasciovanos.) |
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