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Silver Unit - Tasciovanos Tasciovanos Berkshire Wreath
| Issuer | Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 20 BC - 15 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Crude schematised laureate head facing right, rendered in the characteristically abstract Celtic artistic tradition. The facial features are boldly delineated with exaggerated eye and jawline, surrounded by pellet-and-arc border elements suggestive of a wreath or decorative border. The abbreviated legend TAS appears to the right of the bust in the field, denoting the issuer Tasciovanos. The overall style reflects the insular Celtic adaptation of classical Hellenistic portraiture. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A stylised horse stepping or prancing to the left, depicted in the distinctive schematic Celtic manner with segmented body and angular limbs. The field surrounding the horse is filled with decorative pellets and abstract motifs typical of late Iron Age British coinage. The abbreviated legend VIR appears above the horse, referencing the mint or dynastic epithet Verlamion. The flan is irregular and slightly off-centre, consistent with hand-struck Celtic silver coinage of this period. |
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