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Bronze Unit - Dubnovellaunos Dreadlocks
| Issuer | Cantii tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 30 BC - 10 BC |
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| Weight | 2 g |
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| Obverse description | Stylised bare head facing left, rendered in a distinctly Celtic abstract manner. The hair is depicted as a series of thick, heavily corded rope-like tresses arranged in bold sweeping curves across the crown and behind the head, characteristic of the 'dreadlocks' artistic convention of Cantian coinage. Facial features including the eye, nose, and chin are summarily indicated in low relief. The overall composition fills the flan with dynamic, swirling line work typical of Late Iron Age British die-cutting. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Dubnovellaunos ruled across what is now Kent and Essex in the late first century BC, a period when Gaulish trade networks were reshaping southern British tribal politics. Whether the "Dubnovellaunos" attested in Kent and the one recorded in Essex represent the same ruler who relocated, or two distinct individuals sharing a dynastic name, remains genuinely unresolved among Celtic specialists.
The ABC 336 attribution places this firmly within the Cantii series. Small cast bronzes of this type circulated at the lowest denominational level, likely facilitating local market exchange rather than inter-tribal transactions, which were conducted in gold and silver.