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Gold Stater - Tasciovanos Rigon
| Issuer | Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 15 BC - 10 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the royal inscription of Tasciovanos arranged in two horizontal panels divided by a vertical wreath motif. The upper panel bears the legend TASCIOV and the lower panel RIGON, rendered in bold, well-formed Latin characters. Vertical stalk-like wreath divisions frame the inscribed panels above and below, a characteristic feature of late Celtic die-engraving in southern Britain. The overall design is strictly epigraphic, with no figural elements, reflecting the influence of Roman coin design on British Celtic coinage of the late 1st century BC. |
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| Obverse lettering | TASCIOV RIGON (Translation: Tasciovanos, great king.) |
| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a armed warrior in chain mail riding on horseback to the left, rendered in the bold, stylised manner characteristic of late British Celtic coinage. The rider is shown holding a sword aloft in his right hand, with the horse's musculature and movement conveyed through vigorous, flowing lines. A prominent pellet-within-ring symbol occupies the lower field beneath the horse, serving as a decorative or symbolic device. The composition fills the coin flan with dynamic energy, combining naturalistic intent with the abstracted artistic conventions of Catuvellaunian die-engravers. |
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