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Silver Unit Gas Mask
| Issuer | Iceni tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 50 BC - 15 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Stylised Celtic head facing left, rendered in the abstract La Tène artistic tradition characteristic of Icenian coinage. The face is highly schematised, with a prominent circular eye depicted as a pellet-within-ring motif — the feature that gives this type its colloquial 'Gas Mask' designation. The hair is represented by a series of curved pellet-chains and lentoid pellets arranged around the cranium, with incised linear strokes suggesting a crown or diadem above. The flan is irregular and the field is unadorned, with no legend or inscription. |
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| Reverse description | Highly abstract and fragmented horse motif, typical of the debased Celtic style derived from the Macedonian stater prototype. The horse is rendered as a series of disconnected abstract elements across the field, including pellets, crescents, a six-pointed star or wheel symbol in the lower left, and flame-like or leaf-shaped devices in the centre. A stylised charioteer or driver figure may be indicated by a small motif above the horse's back. The overall composition is characteristic of late Icenian uninscribed silver units, with no legend present and a plain, irregular flan. |
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| Mintage | ND (50 BC - 15 BC) |
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