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Bronze ½ Unit - Tasciovanos Mercury TAS
| Issuer | Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 15 BC - 10 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Romanised bare head facing right, rendered in a Celto-Roman artistic style reflective of late Iron Age British coinage under Mediterranean influence. The legend TAS appears in Latin characters before the face, serving as an abbreviated dynastic inscription identifying the issuing authority Tasciovanos. The design is contained within a double border comprising both a plain inner ring and an outer corded border, a characteristic decorative treatment found on Catuvellaunian bronze issues of this period. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A boar advancing to the right, depicted in a stylised Celtic manner with exaggerated bristles along the spine, conveying the animal's strength and sacred symbolism. Above the boar, a crescent is flanked on each side by a pellet triad, forming a symmetrical decorative arrangement typical of late British Iron Age coinage. A single pellet appears beneath the boar's tail, while a rosette motif is positioned before its feet. A Latin inscription appears below an exergual line, completing the reverse composition. |
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