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Silver 1/2 Unit Barley Crescent
| Issuer | Iceni tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 15 BC - 20 AD |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a stylised ear of barley or palm branch rendered in low relief, occupying the middle of the flan. A group of four pellets is arranged below the central motif. To the right, vestigial diagonal lines represent a highly abstracted cloak or drapery pattern, a characteristic feature of late Iceni artistic convention. The design is executed in the Celtic La Tène tradition, with schematic rather than naturalistic forms. No legend or inscription is present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Iceni occupied what is now Norfolk and parts of Suffolk, and their coinage circulated within a tight tribal geography — these weren't trade coins moving across Britain but instruments of internal exchange and probably elite gift-giving. The fractional silver issues are among the least-studied of all Iceni denominations, and ABC 1603 sits in a typological sequence that was likely disrupted well before the Boudican revolt of 60–61 AD effectively ended indigenous coin production in the region.