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Silver 1/2 Unit - Eastern North Thames Mossop Horses
| Issuer | Trinovantes tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 55 BC - 45 BC |
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| Weight | 0.8 g |
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| Obverse description | Stylised Celtic horse moving to the right with head dramatically turned back and mouth rendered wide open, executed in the abstract La Tène artistic tradition. The figure is surrounded by scattered decorative elements comprising annulets, pellets, and curvilinear motifs distributed across the flat, irregular field. The die-work is characteristic of the Eastern North Thames series, with bold, deeply cut forms typical of late Iron Age British coinage. No inscriptions or legends appear; the design is entirely composed of abstract and zoomorphic elements. |
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| Reverse description | Stylised Celtic horse moving to the right with a prominent wide-open mouth, rendered in the abstract La Tène artistic convention characteristic of the Trinovantian coinage tradition. A beaded ring motif, interpreted as a solar or sun symbol, is positioned above the horse in the upper field. A sunburst or rayed disc device appears in the field to the front of the horse. The flan is irregular and slightly cupped, consistent with hand-hammered production. The design is entirely aniconic in terms of inscriptions, with all decorative elements being geometric or zoomorphic in nature. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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