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Stater 'Trinovantian M' - Tasciovanus
| Issuer | Catuvellauni tribe |
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| Year | 25 BC - 20 BC |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Reverse description | A highly Celticized horse prances to the right, rendered with the stylized, segmented bodywork typical of Late Iron Age British coinage. Above the horse, a bucranium (bull's head) motif is visible, along with the retrograde or abbreviated Latin legend TASCIAV, identifying the issuing ruler Tasciovanus. Pellets and other decorative fill elements occupy the field around the horse. The composition reflects the gradual adoption of classical iconographic influences filtered through a distinctly Celtic artistic vocabulary. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Tasciovanus was the dominant ruler of the Catuvellauni in the late first century BC, operating from Verulamium — present-day St Albans — and aggressively expanding his tribe's influence across much of southeast Britain. The 'Trinovantian M' classification reflects numismatists' ongoing difficulty pinning down precise attributions within his prolific output; the designation acknowledges a stylistic grouping rather than settled political geography, since Tasciovanus at certain points appears to have extended his minting activity into Trinovantian territory, a provocative encroachment that Caesar's earlier settlements had nominally prohibited.