The Iceni occupied what is now Norfolk and Suffolk, and their coinage developed largely independently of the Gallo-Belgic imports that influenced much of southern Britain. The "Dubno" series — the name derived from a Celtic word for "deep" or "world" — represents a late phase of Iceni gold production, issued in the decades immediately before the Claudian invasion of 43 AD began dismantling tribal monetary autonomy across the island. The Irstead find spot, a village near the Norfolk Broads, places this type squarely within the Iceni heartland.
ABC 1471 is among the smaller fractional issues, and surviving examples are notably few.
The Iceni occupied what is now Norfolk and Suffolk, and their coinage developed largely independently of the Gallo-Belgic imports that influenced much of southern Britain. The "Dubno" series — the name derived from a Celtic word for "deep" or "world" — represents a late phase of Iceni gold production, issued in the decades immediately before the Claudian invasion of 43 AD began dismantling tribal monetary autonomy across the island. The Irstead find spot, a village near the Norfolk Broads, places this type squarely within the Iceni heartland.
ABC 1471 is among the smaller fractional issues, and surviving examples are notably few.