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Silver Unit Plouviez
| Issuer | Iceni tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 25 BC - 20 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Stylised male head facing right in the Celtic artistic tradition, rendered with a prominent herringbone hair pattern. The large, prominent oval eye features a distinct oval pupil, conveying the abstracted, decorative aesthetic characteristic of late Iron Age Iceni coinage. The facial features are deliberately simplified, with no ear and no mouth depicted, reflecting the increasing abstraction of the classical prototype. |
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| Mintage | ND (25 BC - 20 BC) - Pellet triad below horse - ND (25 BC - 20 BC) - Wheel below horse - |
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The Plouviez type belongs to a cluster of late Iceni uninscribed silver units struck in the decades before Roman administrative pressure began reshaping tribal coinage across southeast Britain. The Iceni, based in what is now Norfolk and Suffolk, maintained a distinct coinage tradition notably resistant to the Belgic stylistic influence that was transforming neighboring tribal issues during this period. These small silver units circulated within a tight geographic range; findspot distributions remain concentrated enough that they function almost as a fingerprint for Iceni territorial boundaries.
The BMC cross-references 3539 and 3546 suggest minor die variation within the type rather than distinct issues.