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Stater 'Trinovantian U' - Cunobeline
| Issuer | Catuvellauni tribe |
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| Year | 10-43 |
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| Currency | Stater |
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| Obverse description | A stylised corn ear with a prominent central stalk dominates the field, rendered in the fluid, abstracted Celtic artistic tradition. The abbreviated legend CA appears to the left of the stalk and MV to the right, identifying the issuing authority of Camulodunum. Small privy marks, consisting of pellets or crosses, are distributed across the field as subsidiary decorative or control elements. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border typical of Late Iron Age British coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Cunobeline — Shakespeare's Cymbeline — ruled the Catuvellauni and Trinovantes from Camulodunum (modern Colchester) for roughly four decades, making him the most powerful British king of the late pre-Roman period. Roman writers knew him well enough that Suetonius records a dynastic refugee fleeing to Emperor Augustus's court. This stater belongs to a prolific but carefully organized late coinage, with ABC typology distinguishing multiple die-linked groups that reflect sustained, administratively sophisticated production rather than emergency or occasional issue.
The conquest of 43 AD under Claudius ended Catuvellaunian dominance abruptly. Gold of this type effectively ceased to circulate as currency within years of that event.