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Silver Unit Cotswold Eagle No Band Cross
| Issuer | Dobunni tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 1 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Stylised abstract design in the La Tène Celtic tradition, featuring a degraded laureate head derived from a classical prototype, rendered in a highly schematised manner. The central field displays a prominent curved element suggestive of a face or skull, flanked by pellet clusters and curvilinear relief forms characteristic of Dobunnic coinage. The surface is uneven due to the irregular flan and hammered production technique. No inscription or legend is present, consistent with uninscribed issues of the Dobunni tribe. The design is executed with bold, deeply cut relief elements typical of the Cotswold-type silver unit series. |
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| Reverse description | A stylised Celtic horse depicted in profile facing left, rendered in the abstract La Tène artistic idiom with disjointed anatomical elements characteristic of Dobunnic silver units. Above the horse's back appears a prominent geometric motif, likely a cross or linear symbol without a band, consistent with the 'No Band Cross' variety identifier of this type. Pellets and curvilinear ornaments fill the field around the horse, while the lower portion of the flan shows granular surface texture. No inscription or legend is present, and the design is executed on an irregular hammered flan with variable relief. |
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| Mintage | ND (1) |
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