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Silver 1/2 Unit - East Wiltshire Charlbury Beasts
| Issuer | Dobunni tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 15 BC - 30 AD |
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| Diameter | 11 mm |
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| Obverse description | Abstract Celtic design featuring two opposed animals rendered in curvilinear style, defined by two prominent large opposing curves. The surrounding field is filled with decorative lyre-shaped motifs composed of smaller crescents and curves, characteristic of the Dobunni artistic tradition. |
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| Mintage | ND (15 BC - 30 AD) |
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The Dobunni occupied a territory centered on the Cotswolds and upper Thames valley, and their coinage tradition reflects sustained contact with Gaulish tribes across the Channel rather than direct Roman influence — at least initially. This fractional silver belongs to a regional type named partly for findspot distribution around the East Wiltshire and Charlbury areas, a pattern that itself hints at exchange networks or tribal boundary activity rather than centralized mint output.
At roughly 0.8g, these pieces circulated as genuine small-denomination exchange units at a moment when Roman military presence in southern Britain was beginning to reshape local economies entirely.