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Silver Unit Crescent Corn Ears type

Issuer Iceni tribe
Year 20 BC - 40 AD
Type Standard circulation coin
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Obverse description Central design composed of two opposing crescents enclosing a pellet-in-ring motif, surrounded by four radiating corn ears arranged in a cruciform pattern. Each quarter of the field is filled with a triad of pellets, lending the composition a bold, symmetrical character typical of Icenic abstract coinage. The design is executed in the distinctive La Tène-influenced Celtic style, with no inscription or legend.
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Reverse description A stylised horse leaping to the left, rendered in the fluid, abstracted Celtic artistic tradition characteristic of Iceni coinage. A spoked wheel motif appears in the upper field above the horse's back, while a pellet-in-annulet device is placed beneath the animal in the lower field. A pellet is visible to the right of the horse's hindquarters. The flan is irregular in shape, consistent with hand-struck British Iron Age silver units of this period. No legend or inscription is present.
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Mintage ND (20 BC - 40 AD)
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