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Silver Unit Norfolk Boar Star
| Issuer | Iceni tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 15 BC - 20 AD |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (15 BC - 20 AD) - VA 657-01: No pellet on boar`s shoulder - ND (15 BC - 20 AD) - VA 657-03: Pellet on boar`s shoulder - |
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The Iceni occupied what is now Norfolk and Suffolk, and by the late first century BC were operating as a client kingdom under Roman accommodation rather than outright conquest. Their silver coinage was almost certainly used for elite transactions, tribute payments, and political gift-giving rather than everyday commerce — the denomination is too small and the silver too debased by this period for routine market use. Coin hoards associated with the Iceni, including deposits from Saham Toney and Ken Hill, show these units concentrated in the tribal heartland with little dispersal south.
Boudicca's revolt of 60/61 AD effectively ended Iceni coinage production entirely.