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Gold Stater - Tasciovanos Warrior TV Type
| Issuer | Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 20 BC - 15 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A warrior on horseback galloping to the right, holding a carnyx (Celtic war horn) in the raised hand, a motif emblematic of Iron Age British tribal coinage. A five-spoked wheel device is positioned behind and above the horse, a recurring sacred or solar symbol in Celtic numismatic iconography. The royal tribal inscription TASC, an abbreviation of the issuer's name Tasciovanos, appears in the surrounding field, commencing above the horse's tail and continuing below it. |
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Tasciovanos ruled the Catuvellauni from roughly 20 BC into the early first century AD, his territory centered on Verulamium — modern St Albans — and his coinage reflects a ruler actively consolidating power across what is now Hertfordshire and Essex. The "TV" inscription on this stater type is read as a mintmark abbreviation, almost certainly for Verulamium, making these among the earliest British coins attributable to a specific mint location with reasonable confidence.
His issues show marked Roman stylistic influence, consistent with the intensifying diplomatic and commercial contact following Caesar's expeditions a generation earlier.