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Silver Unit - Dubnovellaunos V-Sign
| Issuer | Trinovantes tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 30 BC - 25 BC |
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| Currency | Stater |
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| Reverse description | A prancing horse to the right, rendered in abstracted Celtic style with exaggerated curved body and splayed legs. Above the horse, a fan-like or solar motif of radiating lines is visible, while a large annulet with central pellet dominates the upper field. A prominent V-shaped motif appears in the lower field, accompanied by additional pellets and curvilinear ornaments. A partial inscription referencing the ruler Dubnovellaunos is placed around the design, consistent with the transition toward inscribed Trinovantian coinage. |
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| Mintage | ND (30 BC - 25 BC) |
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Dubnovellaunos ruled the Trinovantes from their capital at Camulodunum — modern Colchester — during a period when Caesar's expeditions were a living memory and Roman commercial influence was already reshaping elite exchange networks across southeastern Britain. His coins are among the earliest in Britain to show evidence of that contact, not through imitation of Roman types but through the selective adaptation of abstract motifs that suggest exposure to Mediterranean coinage without direct copying. Whether Dubnovellaunos is the same ruler later named on coins struck jointly with the Cantii remains debated among specialists.