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Gold Stater - Tasciovanos Tasciovanos Tascio
| Issuer | Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 20 BC - 15 BC |
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| Value | Stater (1) |
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| Obverse description | Abstract geometric design composed of two crossed wreaths, one straight and one curved, meeting at a central motif of two thick back-to-back crescents separated by a pair of pellets. The four angles formed by the intersecting wreaths each contain a stylised hidden face rendered in the non-representational Celtic idiom, while pellet-in-ring ornaments punctuate the curved sections and outline crescents appear toward the coin's periphery. The field bears no inscription or legend. The overall composition is a fine example of late Iron Age British abstract Celtic art, demonstrating the highly formalised decorative vocabulary employed on the coinage of the Catuvellauni. No exergual line is present. |
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| Reverse description | A stylised horse prances to the right in the characteristic linear Celtic manner, its body rendered with schematic musculature and attenuated limbs typical of late Iron Age British staters. Above the horse appear a solar disc motif and a bucranium, both recognised Celtic religious and apotropaic symbols. The abbreviated inscription TAS-CIO, referencing the issuing chieftain Tasciovanos of the Catuvellauni, is disposed below and before the horse in the lower field. No exergual line divides the field. This inscription constitutes one of the earliest named attributions in ancient British numismatics, firmly associating the issue with a historically attested ruler. |
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| Reverse lettering | TAS-CIO |
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