Silver 1/2 Unit Snakes and Lyres

The Catuvellauni were among the most politically dominant tribes in pre-Roman Britain, controlling territory across modern Hertfordshire and beyond, and their coinage reflects active engagement with Continental monetary practices rather than isolated invention. Fractional silver issues like this one circulated alongside gold staters in what was likely a functioning multi-denomination economy — unusual sophistication for an Iron Age British tribe.

At roughly half a gram, these pieces were genuinely transactional, not ceremonial.