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Gold Stater - Tasciovanos Carnyx Rotated Cross Low Tail
| Issuer | Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 20 BC - 15 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Cruciform arrangement of two crossed wreaths divides the field into four angles; the vertical wreath, oriented with its apex pointing clockwise, is curved, while both wreaths terminate in prominent ringed pellets at each end. At the centre, a pair of long, thin, back-to-back solid crescents with pellets at each tip are separated by three pellets. In opposing angles, a splayed V-shape appears with a pellet at its base and apex, while the remaining angles contain a schematic 'hidden face' motif rendered in linear Celtic style, comprising a crescent mouth, a V-shaped forehead, and flanking and lower pellets. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Tasciovanos ruled the Catuvellauni from roughly the mid-first century BC into the early first century AD, operating out of Verulamium — modern St Albans — and his coinage represents one of the more prolific and varied series in pre-Roman Britain. The rotated cross and carnyx combination on this stater belongs to a tightly defined die group within Sills's classification, distinguishing it from the broader Tasciovanian output by the specific low-tail treatment and cross orientation, details that indicate a discrete production episode rather than a continuous mint run.
Van Arsdell 1730-05 is among the scarcer die varieties in the series.