Catalog
Silver Unit 'Dobunnic C' - Boduoc
| Issuer | Dobunni tribe |
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| Year | 15 BC - 10 BC |
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| Currency | Stater |
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| Obverse description | Stylised Celtic head facing left, rendered in the abstract curvilinear tradition characteristic of late Iron Age British coinage. The hair is depicted as a series of flowing, deeply incised lines and pellets radiating from the crown, with a prominent eye rendered as a raised pellet or circle. The facial features are boldly simplified, with a strong nose and angular jaw typical of Dobunnic artistic conventions. The legend BODVOC appears distributed around the periphery of the flan in irregular Latin characters, identifying the issuing chieftain. The flan is small and irregular, consistent with hand-struck silver unit production of the period. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A stylised horse prancing to the right, rendered in the abstract Celtic manner with disjointed, geometric body parts characteristic of British Iron Age coinage. The horse's body is composed of segmented forms with pellet ornaments decorating the field above and below. A large ringed pellet or annulet appears beneath the horse, and additional pellets and a crescent-like form are scattered in the field, serving as decorative space-fillers in the Dobunnic tradition. The overall composition, though schematic, conveys dynamic movement and reflects the artistic conventions derived ultimately from the Philip II stater prototype. No legend appears on the reverse. |
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