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Silver Unit - Eisu Eisu Arrowhead

Issuer Dobunni tribe (Celtic Britain)
Year 20-43
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Weight 1.15 g
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Edge Plain
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Mintage ND (20-43)
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The Dobunni occupied a territory roughly equivalent to the modern Cotswolds and Severn Valley, and their coinage tradition developed later than many neighboring tribes, borrowing heavily from Catuvellaunian influence before establishing distinct regional types. The "Eisu" inscription on this series has been interpreted as a ruler name, though whether Eisu held kingship over the full tribal territory or only a faction remains unresolved — the Dobunni were frequently divided between northern and southern ruling branches in the decades before the Claudian invasion of 43 AD.

This is one of the smaller, later silver units, struck in the final generation of free British coinage before Roman annexation ended indigenous minting entirely.

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