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Bronze Unit Eastern North Thames - Two Boars
| Issuer | Brittonic, Uncertain tribe |
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| Year | 60 BC - 20 BC |
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| Reference(s) | ABC#2315, BMC Iron#402, 404-6 |
| Obverse description | Two boars depicted in opposition, their bodies facing one another in a confronted arrangement typical of Late Iron Age British Celtic artistic convention. A spoked wheel motif is placed between the animals in the central field, serving as a dividing device and a probable solar or ritual symbol. The rendering is stylised in the characteristically abstracted Celtic manner, with the boars' forms reduced to curvilinear outlines and pellet ornaments. The flan is irregular and the relief is low, consistent with hand-struck bronze issues of the period. No inscription or legend is present on this face. |
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| Reverse description | A stylised horse advancing to the right occupies the central field, rendered in the abstracted Late Iron Age Celtic idiom characteristic of Eastern North Thames issues. The mane is depicted as a beaded or pellet-dotted crest that curls upward and back behind the neck, a distinctive feature aiding attribution. The hooves are rendered prominently and with exaggerated proportions, emphasising the animalistic power of the design. Pellets and annular ornaments are scattered in the field around the horse, filling the available space in keeping with Iron Age decorative convention. No legend or inscription is present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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