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Silver Unit Herringbone Head Left
| Issuer | Iceni tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 15 BC - 20 AD |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Stylised male head facing left in the abstract Celtic artistic tradition, rendered considerably larger than the flan so that peripheral details are frequently lost. The eye is depicted as a prominent oval coffee-bean form, and the ear is rendered in a large, schematic manner. The hair is arranged in a distinctive herringbone or corded pattern comprising at least three parallel ridged lines, characteristic of the Icenian silver unit series. |
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| Reverse description | Highly stylised horse prancing to right, exhibiting a doubled upper foreleg on the left side, a hallmark of this Icenian type. The horse's head is depicted in an open, exaggerated form with a flame-like motif issuing from the mouth. Beneath the tail appears a pellet triad, and a pellet-in-ring device is positioned below the horse's body, serving as subsidiary decorative and possibly emblematic elements characteristic of the Iceni coinage tradition. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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