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Silver Unit Cotswold Stars / Comux Head Type
| Issuer | Dobunni tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 10-15 |
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| Value | Silver Unit |
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| Reverse description | A triple-tailed annulate horse moving left, rendered in the highly stylised abstract manner typical of Dobunnic coinage. Below the horse's body, a three-petal flower flanked by a crescent on each side occupies the lower field. Above the hindquarters and tail, a crescent together with a pellet-in-ring motif is placed in the upper field. A five-pointed star appears below the tail, completing the decorative field arrangement characteristic of the Cotswold Stars type. |
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| Mintage | ND (10-15) |
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The Dobunni occupied a territory centered on what is now Gloucestershire, with their probable administrative hub near Bagendon — a substantial oppida complex that shows evidence of proto-urban organization in the decades immediately before the Claudian invasion of 43 AD. This coin falls within the late phase of Dobunni silver coinage, when the tribe was navigating increasingly tense relationships with neighboring groups and, eventually, Roman commercial networks pushing in from the southeast. The Comux name has been interpreted as a ruler or magistrate, though whether this reflects a dynastic leader or a civic title remains unresolved among Iron Age specialists.