Bronze Unit 'Trinovantian S' RVIIS

The attribution "Trinovantian S" reflects the long-running scholarly debate over whether these coins were struck by the Catuvellauni under Tasciovanus or by the Trinovantes before Catuvellaunian absorption of their territory — a political conquest that archaeology suggests was largely complete by the early first century AD. The RVIIS inscription remains incompletely understood; it may denote a mint site, a magistrate, or a subordinate ruler, none of which has been confirmed to universal satisfaction.