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Silver Unit - Dubnovellaunos Rochester Pegasus
| Issuer | Cantii tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 30 BC - 10 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | A leaping Pegasus depicted in profile to the right, its body rendered with typically Celtic abstraction, the wings suggested by sweeping curved lines above the torso. Beneath the figure lies a cross-hatched net or pellet-filled panel, a diagnostic feature of this type. The abbreviated inscription DVB, referencing the issuing authority Dubnovellaunos, appears below the central device in the exergual field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Dubnovellaunos is attested as a ruler in both Kent and, later, Essex — his name appears on coins across two distinct tribal territories, and he may be the same "Dubnovellaunus" listed among British kings who sent embassies to Augustus, recorded by the emperor himself in the Res Gestae. Whether that diplomatic contact influenced the Rochester Pegasus coinage in any way remains unresolved, but the chronology overlaps.
These small silver units circulated in the densely populated Cantii heartland of modern Kent during a period of intensifying trade with the Roman world via the Thames estuary ports. The ABC 318 classification distinguishes this Rochester type from related Dubnovellaunos issues by die characteristics documented through findspot clustering.