Catalog
Bronze Unit - Rues Rues Griffin
| Issuer | Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 1-10 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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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 lettering | RVIIS |
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The Catuvellauni under Cunobelin — the historical figure behind Shakespeare's Cymbeline — controlled much of southeastern Britain in this period, having absorbed the Trinovantes after displacing their leadership at Camulodunum (modern Colchester). This small bronze circulated within that consolidating power base, likely serving local market exchange rather than tribute or prestige functions. The ABC 2757 classification places it within a tightly defined typological group; Van Arsdell's sequencing suggests production concentrated in the years immediately following Cunobelin's assumption of control over Trinovantian territory.