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Silver Plated Unit - Ecen Ecen Corn Ear Contemporary Counterfeit
| Issuer | Iceni tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 35-43 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central design composed of two outline crescents positioned back-to-back, with two pellets occupying the space between them, all set upon a vertical wreath motif. The wreath is rendered as two parallel horizontal lines from which rows of pellets and additional lines extend perpendicularly, creating a stylised decorative border. The crescents are framed within this linear and pelletal framework, characteristic of the abstract Celtic decorative tradition of the late British Iron Age. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Contemporary counterfeits of Iceni coinage were produced locally and circulated alongside official issues — in many cases accepted without question, since Celtic monetary culture was less concerned with institutional authority than with the practical metal content a coin approximated. These plated pieces were not the work of criminal outsiders but likely of smiths operating within the tribal economy itself. The timing matters: the years immediately preceding the Roman conquest of 43 AD saw increasing political fragmentation among the Iceni, creating conditions in which oversight of the coin supply was effectively impossible.