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Silver Unit Toney Curly Top Right Type
| 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 right, rendered in the abstract Celtic artistic tradition. The hair is composed of a mass of raised pellets arranged in curvilinear groupings above and around the skull, giving the characteristic 'curly top' appearance. A short beard is indicated by a cluster of pellets beneath the chin, and the facial features are reduced to schematic relief forms typical of late Icenic silver coinage. |
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| Reverse description | A highly stylised horse advancing to the right, rendered in the distinctive disjointed Celtic manner with a pellet-formed mane and a large, open schematic head. A lozenge-shaped ornament occupies the upper field, with a single pellet placed at each of its four corners. Below the horse, a pellet enclosed within a ring serves as a ground ornament. The overall composition reflects the abstract decorative vocabulary characteristic of Iceni tribal silver coinage of the late Iron Age. |
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The Iceni occupied what is now Norfolk and Suffolk, and maintained a degree of autonomy under Roman client-king arrangements until Prasutagus died around 60 AD — after which Roman administrators seized tribal lands and triggered Boudicca's revolt. These small silver units predate that catastrophe, circulating during a period when Iceni coinage was still actively produced and regionally distributed. The "Toney" designation derives from the parish of Market Toney in Norfolk, where a significant concentration of this type has been recovered.