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Silver Unit - Dubnovellaunos Winged Beast
| 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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| Obverse description | A winged beast — likely a hybrid feline or griffon-like creature — depicted in a dynamic bounding posture, occupying the central field. The creature's body is rendered in the characteristic schematic Celtic style, with sinuous limbs and a pronounced wing extending from the dorsal region. Two concentric ring-and-pellet motifs are visible in the lower field, serving as decorative fill elements typical of Cantian Iron Age coinage. The flan is irregular and slightly scalloped at the edge, consistent with hand-struck hammered production of the period. No legend is present on this face. |
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| Reverse description | A stylised horse facing right, rendered in the abstracted Celtic artistic tradition characteristic of late Iron Age Cantian coinage. The horse's body is boldly modelled with an arched neck and segmented limbs, with a prominent eye rendered as a pellet within a ring. Scattered ring-and-pellet ornaments and annulet devices fill the field around the animal, a decorative convention common to Cantian silver units of this period. A beaded or cable border encircles the design. The abbreviated legend DVBNO appears in the field, referencing the issuing authority Dubnovellaunos. |
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| Reverse lettering | DVBNO |
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