Bronze Unit - Tasciovanos Tasciovanos Star

Tasciovanos ruled the Catuvellauni from roughly the late first century BC, making him the father — possibly literally — of Cunobelinus, Shakespeare's Cymbeline. His bronzes are among the earliest coins struck in Britain to carry a ruler's abbreviated name, a deliberate adoption of Mediterranean numismatic convention that signals serious engagement with Roman cultural practices in the decades following Caesar's invasions. This particular type is distinguished by the star motif that gives it its catalog name, one of several distinct bronzes attributed to his reign that help modern researchers sequence his output chronologically.