Silver Unit Eyelash Crescents

The Iceni occupied what is now Norfolk and parts of Suffolk, and their coinage emerged relatively late among British tribes — likely prompted by contact with continental Gaulish traders rather than any direct Roman influence. This series dates to the generation immediately before the Claudian invasion of 43 AD, when the Iceni were nominally allied with Rome rather than conquered by it. That arrangement ended catastrophically in 60 or 61 AD with the revolt of Boudica, after Roman officials seized Iceni lands and flogged her daughters following the death of her husband, King Prasutagus.

Hoards containing this type cluster heavily in Norfolk, consistent with production and circulation confined almost entirely within tribal territory.