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Silver Unit - Cunobelin Cunobelinus Leaping Griffin
| Issuer | Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 20-43 |
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| Reference(s) | ABC#2909 |
| Obverse description | Draped bust of a male figure facing right, rendered in a Romano-Celtic style characteristic of Cunobelin's later coinage. The hair is depicted with stylised wavy locks, and the bust shows drapery at the truncation. The encircling legend reads CVNOBEL to the upper left and IINVS to the upper right, divided by the bust, identifying the issuer as Cunobelin. The flan is irregularly shaped, as typical of hammered Celtic silver units of this period, with a slightly beaded or cable border visible around portions of the periphery. |
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| Obverse lettering | CVNOBEL - IINVS (Translation: Cunobelin.) |
| Reverse description | A leaping griffin shown in profile to the left, rendered in a vigorous Celtic artistic style with a curved, beaded neck crest and outstretched leonine body in a bounding posture. The wings are suggested by sweeping lines across the field, and two pellets appear in the upper right field as decorative elements. The mint abbreviation CAMV appears in the lower exergue in bold Latin characters, referencing Camulodunum. The design is enclosed within a beaded border following the irregular contour of the flan. |
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