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Silver Unit Herringbone Spiral
| Uitgever | Iceni tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Jaar | 15 BC - 20 AD |
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| Valuta | Stater |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Stylised male head facing left, rendered in the abstract Celtic tradition. The large, prominent oval eye dominates the face, while the hair is depicted as a herringbone pattern of two plain parallel lines curving in the manner of a corn ear. Thin crescent forms appear above the head in the field, characteristic of Icenian die engraving. The overall treatment is schematic rather than naturalistic, reflecting the established artistic conventions of the late Iron Age Iceni coinage. |
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| Oplage | ND (15 BC - 20 AD) |
| Aanvullende informatie |
The Iceni occupied what is now Norfolk and parts of Suffolk, operating a mint — or more likely several dispersed production points — that issued silver coinage in the final decades before Roman conquest. Their monetary system collapsed not with Claudius's invasion of 43 AD but earlier, through client-king arrangements that steadily subordinated tribal authority. This piece falls squarely in that transitional window, when Iceni silver was being produced under increasing Roman political pressure but before outright absorption.
ABC 1543 is among the more precisely classified Iceni units, distinguished by the herringbone spine treatment that differentiates it from related spiral-pattern varieties catalogued nearby in the Allen-Bateson-Chadburn sequence.