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Bronze Unit - Rues Rues Griffin
| Issuer | Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 1-10 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Central tablet bearing the inscription RVIIS, flanked by a ring motif above and below. The design is enclosed within a double-ring border with hatching or beaded ornament in the intervening space, forming a decorative bezel around the edge of the flan. The overall composition is characteristic of Late Iron Age Celtic epigraphy, with the legend rendered in a stylised Latin script. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A griffin depicted in left-facing profile, rendered in the dynamic, abstracted style typical of Late Iron Age Celtic coinage. The creature's body is shown with naturalistic musculature, its wings suggested by flowing curved lines rising from the back. A horizontal ground line divides the field, below which a pellet triad is placed beneath the figure. The design fills the flan with characteristic Celtic artistic energy, with details in the field rendered as pellets and curved linear elements. |
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