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Silver 1/2 Unit - Ecen Mini Ed
| Issuer | Iceni tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 35-43 |
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| Currency | Stater |
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| Reverse description | A stylised horse advancing to the right, depicted in the schematic Celtic tradition with a solid, undivided head and clearly rendered harness and rein lines. A V-shaped symbol or branch motif occupies the field above the horse. The abbreviated inscription appears in the lower field beneath the horse, serving as an issuing authority reference. The design employs the fluid, abstracted Animal Style typical of late Iron Age Icenian coinage, with minimal but purposeful decorative detailing. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Iceni occupied what is now Norfolk and parts of Suffolk, operating as a client kingdom under increasingly hostile Roman pressure in the decades before the Claudian invasion of 43 AD. These fractional silver units — struck at a fraction of the weight of a full unit — circulated within a tribal economy that used coinage more for elite exchange and gift-giving than everyday commerce. The ABC 1690 type belongs to the "Ecen" series, distinguished by its inscribed tribal name, one of the clearest assertions of Iceni political identity in the numismatic record.
The tribe would revolt under Boudica roughly two decades after this coin's likely final circulation date.