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Bronze Unit - Dubnovellaunos Boar Horseman
| Issuer | Cantii tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 30 BC - 10 BC |
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| Currency | Stater |
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| Reverse description | A horseman galloping to the right dominates the central field, depicted in the abstract, schematised manner typical of late Iron Age Celtic coinage of southeastern Britain. The rider's posture and the horse's legs are rendered with bold, if stylised, strokes. The Latin legend DVBNOVALLAVNOS is distributed around the periphery of the irregularly shaped flan, identifying the issuing authority as the Cantian ruler Dubnovellaunos. The overall fabric is typical of struck bronze units of this period, with uneven flan edges and natural surface patination. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Dubnovellaunos ruled as a king of the Cantii in southeastern Britain during a period of intensifying contact with Rome — his name appears not only on coins but in Augustus's own Res Gestae, which records that a British king of that name sent envoys to the emperor. Whether this is the same Dubnovellaunos or a Trinovantian ruler of identical name remains genuinely unresolved among specialists.
ABC 351 is among the scarcer struck bronzes attributable to this reign, with find concentrations clustering in Kent.