Silver Unit Cotswold Crosses Left

The Dobunni occupied territory centered on what is now Gloucestershire, and their coinage circulated across a tribal network that extended into parts of modern Oxfordshire and Wiltshire. Unlike many Iron Age British tribes who adopted coinage primarily under Gaulish influence, the Dobunni developed a relatively coherent series of denominations suggesting a degree of monetary sophistication unusual for the region. The "Cotswold Crosses" designation comes from the cross-flan pattern visible on dies of this type — a classification tool, not a tribal name.