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Silver Unit Waveney Diadem / Bury Diadem Right
| Issuer | Iceni tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 50 BC - 15 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Stylised yet comparatively naturalistic female head facing right, adorned with a prominent lunar diadem. An S-shaped serpent with a ram-horned head appears in the field before the face. The hair is rendered with two distinctive cornucopiae-style curls, characteristic of the Icenian artistic tradition. The overall execution demonstrates a refined Celtic interpretation of classical portraiture. |
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| Reverse description | A naturalistic horse galloping left, its mane rendered as a series of small S-shaped pellets and its tail depicted in a distinctive leaf-like form. Above the horse, a large solar anemone motif flanked by ringed pellets fills the upper field. A large ringed pellet occupies the lower field, while a quatrefoil device appears in front of the horse. The exergue is divided by triple horizontal lines, the central of which is beaded, a hallmark of the Bury Diadem type. |
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The Iceni occupied what is now Norfolk and Suffolk, and their silver coinage emerged relatively late among British tribes — likely prompted by contact with Gaulish trading networks rather than any direct Roman influence. This particular type, associated with the Waveney and Bury diadem series, belongs to a phase of Icenian production that numismatists believe preceded the Roman conquest by only a generation or two, meaning examples may have still been in circulation when Boudicca led her revolt in 60–61 AD.
Van Arsdell's die studies suggest limited production runs for this variant.