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Bronze Unit - Dubnovellaunos Horsewoman
| Issuer | Cantii tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 30 BC - 10 BC |
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| Weight | 2.3 g |
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| Obverse description | Boar advancing to left in the central field, rendered in the schematic Celtic artistic tradition with pronounced dorsal spine and curvilinear body. A pellet-in-ring motif is positioned below the animal, a characteristic decorative element of late Iron Age British coinage. The partial legend DVBNO appears above, attributing the issue to the ruler Dubnovellaunos. The overall design is struck on an irregular flan with a characteristic scalloped flan edge. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Dubnovellaunos ruled the Cantii in what is now Kent during a period when Roman political pressure on southeastern Britain was intensifying following Caesar's campaigns and Octavian's consolidation of power across the Channel. Whether he is the same Dubnovellaunos attested in Augustus's Res Gestae — listed among British kings who sent embassies to Rome — remains debated, but the overlap in date and region makes the identification plausible. If so, this coin circulated under a ruler who was at least nominally engaged in diplomatic relations with the first Roman emperor.