Silver Unit - Cunobelin Cunobelinus Man Horse

Cunobelin — Shakespeare's Cymbeline — ruled the Catuvellauni and Trinovantes from Camulodunum (modern Colchester) for roughly four decades, the longest reign of any recorded pre-Roman British ruler. His kingdom controlled the Thames estuary trade routes into the continent, and his silver coinage reflects that contact: the iconographic vocabulary on pieces like this one owes a visible debt to Gallo-Belgic prototypes absorbed through generations of cross-channel exchange.

ABC 2828 is among the scarcer of his silver units. The 1.35g standard had already drifted noticeably from earlier Catuvellaunian issues, a gradual debasement trend well-documented across the series.