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Silver 1/2 Unit Four-Spoked Wheels
| 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 represented in the typical Icenian manner, striding to the right across the field, its body rendered with bold curved lines and abstract anatomical detail. Above the horse's back appear prominent pellets or annulet devices, likely representing a solar or decorative symbol. The field is plain with no inscription, and the overall composition reflects the highly conventionalised Celtic artistic tradition characteristic of Icenian coinage of the late pre-Roman period. The irregular hammered flan shows the natural variation typical of Iron Age British struck silver. |
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| Mintage | ND (15 BC - 20 AD) |
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The Iceni occupied what is now Norfolk and Suffolk, and maintained a degree of autonomy under Roman client-king arrangements until the death of Prasutagus in 60 AD triggered the catastrophic revolt under Boudicca. This small fractional silver belongs to the pre-revolt period, when Iceni coinage was still being produced — a practice the Romans permitted selectively among compliant tribal elites as a marker of controlled local authority.
Finds concentrate heavily in Norfolk hoards, with several examples recovered from the Snettisham assemblage region.