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Silver Unit 'Trinovantian W' - Cunobeline Walker
| Issuer | Catuvellauni tribe |
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| Year | 10-30 |
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| Weight | 0.7 g |
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| Obverse description | Central tablet or panel bearing the abbreviated legend CVN (for Cunobelin/Cunobeline), rendered in archaic Latin lettering with pellet terminals, framed above by a horizontal line surmounted by a large spiral or volute motif. The lower field contains a subsidiary geometric device, and a vertical line or staff element borders the left side of the tablet. The composition is characteristic of late British Iron Age celator work, combining abstract ornamental elements with the issuer's name in the Celtic tradition of adapting Roman epigraphic conventions. |
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| Reverse description | A stylised figure, interpreted as a horseman or centaur-like warrior motif derived from Gallo-Belgic prototypes, rendered in the highly abstract Linear style typical of late Catuvellaunian coinage. The figure appears in a dynamic striding or galloping pose, with limbs reduced to angular strokes. To the right of the central figure, the abbreviated legend CV-N is inscribed in two separated elements, with pellet ornaments flanking the letters. The overall treatment of the design reflects the late Iron Age British tendency toward geometric abstraction of classical figural types. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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