Bronze Unit - Dubnovellaunos Corded

Dubnovellaunus ruled the Trinovantes in the decades immediately following Julius Caesar's two expeditions into Britain, a period when southeastern British tribes were actively adopting Gaulish and Roman coin-using habits without any Roman administrative presence to enforce them. The "corded" descriptor refers to a specific die variety distinguished by a rope-like border element — a detail significant enough to warrant its own ABC reference rather than lumping it with related Dubnovellaunus bronzes.

His name appears on coins of both the Trinovantes and later the Cantii, suggesting either territorial expansion or political displacement. A ruler identified as Dubnovellaunus was listed among British kings who sent embassies to Augustus, recorded by the emperor himself in the Res Gestae.