Catalog
Bronze Unit - Tasciovanos Tasciovanos Wine Cup
| Issuer | Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 15 BC - 10 BC |
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| Value | Bronze Unit |
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| Reverse description | A male figure seated to the right dominates the field, positioned before a single-legged table or stand upon which a wine cup is prominently displayed. A candelabrum appears in the field behind the seated figure. The abbreviated royal inscription TAS appears in the lower exergual area, referencing the issuing ruler Tasciovanos. |
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| Mintage | ND (15 BC - 10 BC) |
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Tasciovanos ruled the Catuvellauni from their capital at Verlamion — modern St Albans — and was likely the father of Cunobelin, Shakespeare's Cymbeline. His coinage reflects direct exposure to Roman monetary practice through cross-Channel trade, particularly the wine trade with Gaulish intermediaries. The "wine cup" type takes its name from the vessel depicted, almost certainly a Roman-style skyphos, suggesting these objects carried enough cultural prestige among the British aristocracy to appear on official issues.
ABC 2706 is among the scarcer of the Tasciovanian bronzes.