Bronze Unit - Tasciovanos Boar Left

Tasciovanos ruled the Catuvellauni from roughly the late first century BC, operating out of Verulamium — modern St Albans — at a time when Caesar's expeditions had already demonstrated Roman military reach into Britain without producing permanent occupation. His coinage, including bronze units of this type, represents one of the earliest sustained bronze-denominated series among the southern British tribes, a period when most rulers still preferred gold and silver for prestige issues. The decision to mint in bronze suggests an increasingly complex local economy requiring smaller transactional denominations.