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Silver Unit - Ecen Ecen Ed
| Issuer | Iceni tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 35-43 |
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| Value | Silver Unit |
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| Reverse description | Stylised globular horse depicted in right-facing profile, rendered in the abstract Celtic manner with a large oval head bearing a single pellet for the eye and a wreath-like mane. Below the horse's head appears the letter S, while two pellets are placed below the tail. A pelletal sun symbol occupies the upper field. In the lower field, three pellets accompany the inscription, referencing the issuing authority in abbreviated form. |
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| Reverse lettering | ECEN ECEN ED |
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The "Ecen Ecen Ed" inscription is one of the clearest tribal name-declarations found on any British Iron Age coinage — unusual in a numismatic tradition where legends were often abbreviated to the point of ambiguity. Struck in the years immediately preceding the Claudian invasion of 43 AD, these units represent the Iceni operating under treaty status with Rome, a client-kingdom arrangement that would hold, uneasily, until Prasutagus died and Roman administrators seized Iceni territory outright, triggering Boudica's revolt roughly two decades later.