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Gold Stater of Tasciovanos
| Issuer | Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 15 BC - 10 BC |
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| Diameter | 17 mm |
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| Reverse description | A dynamic, stylised horse rendered in the abstract Celtic tradition gallops or leaps to the right, its body formed of curvilinear and pellet-terminated lines with strongly schematised musculature. A large pellet or annulet appears beneath the horse, and additional pellets and abstract curvilinear forms fill the field, characteristic of Late Iron Age British coinage derived from Philippic gold stater prototypes. The overall composition is vigorous yet deeply abstracted, with individual elements of the equine figure dissolving into ornamental shapes. The flan edge is irregular and slightly buckled, consistent with hammered production. |
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| Mintage | ND (15 BC - 10 BC) - VA 1780-01: TASCIO RICON - ND (15 BC - 10 BC) - VA 1780-09: TASCI RICON - |
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Tasciovanos ruled the Catuvellauni from roughly the late first century BC, his territory centered on Verulamium — modern St Albans — and his coinage marks one of the earliest sustained gold-striking programs among the British tribes. These staters circulated during the period when Augustus was pressing diplomatic rather than military solutions to British political relationships, and several British kings, possibly including Tasciovanos himself, sent embassies to Rome. Whether that contact influenced the increasingly sophisticated coin production of his reign is debated, but the die work from this period is notably more controlled than earlier Catuvellaunian output.