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Silver 1/2 Unit Corn of Ear Quatrefoil
| Issuer | Iceni tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 15 BC - 20 AD |
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| Value | Silver 1/2 Unit |
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| Reverse description | A stylised horse progressing to the left dominates the field, rendered in the abstract Celtic manner typical of Icenic coinage of the late Iron Age. The head is depicted as a solid, compact mass, with short diagonal dash elements representing the mane above the neck and body. A triad of pellets is positioned above the horse's back, and a single pellet appears below the body, in the lower field. The legs are schematically rendered with globular terminals at the hooves. No inscription or legend is present; the design relies entirely on abstract geometric and zoomorphic vocabulary characteristic of the Iceni tribal coinage tradition. |
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| Mintage | ND (15 BC - 20 AD) |
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The Iceni occupied what is now Norfolk and northern Suffolk, and their silver fractional coinage — struck in the decades bracketing the turn of the millennium — reflects a tribe that retained meaningful autonomy until Boudicca's revolt of 60–61 AD collapsed it entirely. At roughly half a gram, these pieces circulated as genuine small change rather than prestige objects, handling transactions the larger units were too valuable for. The corn-ear motif connects to a wider regional tradition of agricultural imagery on late Iron Age British coinage, likely tied to local identity rather than any centralized political program.