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Quarter Stater 'Trinovantian M' - Tasciovanus
| Issuer | Catuvellauni tribe |
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| Year | 20 BC - 10 AD |
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| Currency | Stater |
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| Obverse description | Obverse displays a highly stylised design composed of two intersecting crossed bars forming an X-pattern at centre, rendered in the characteristic Celtic abstract idiom. A twisted or cable-pattern band runs horizontally across the flan, intersected by a beaded vertical element. Four pellet-tipped or tear-drop shaped ornaments occupy the four quadrants of the field, arranged symmetrically around the central motif. The overall composition is geometric and schematic, derived from a debased classical prototype, executed in the bold relief typical of late British Iron Age goldsmithing. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Tasciovanus ruled the Catuvellauni from roughly the late first century BC, making him one of the most politically significant British rulers of the pre-Roman period — and one of the first British kings to place his name on coinage in abbreviated Latin letters, a deliberate adoption of Continental practice. The 'Trinovantian M' designation reflects numismatic debate about whether certain Tasciovanus issues were struck in Trinovantian territory, possibly during a period of expansion into lands centered around Camulodunum before Roman pressure complicated tribal boundaries.