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Silver Unit - Cunobelin Cunobelinus Crescent Horse
| Issuer | Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 20-43 |
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| Value | Silver Unit |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Cunobelin facing right, rendered in a Romanised Celtic style with finely detailed wavy hair arranged in layered curls. The facial features are naturalistically modelled, exhibiting clear classical Mediterranean influence. The legend CVNOBELINI is distributed around the periphery of the flan, reading partially to the left and partially to the right of the portrait. The flan is characteristically irregular, as is typical of hand-struck Celtic silver coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse description | A horse prancing vigorously to the right, depicted in the stylised Celtic tradition with a compact, muscular body and boldly modelled hindquarters. A prominent crescent symbol occupies the upper field above the horse's back, a characteristic device of Cunobelinian coinage. The legend TASCIO is inscribed in the lower field beneath the horse, referencing the king's father Tasciovanos. The overall composition is energetic and well-centred on the irregular flan, with the design elements clearly articulated in high relief. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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