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Stater 'Trinovantian N' - Tasciovanus
| Issuer | Catuvellauni tribe |
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| Year | 20 BC - 10 AD |
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| Reference(s) | Sp#217 , ABC#2565 , V#1730-1735 , Flesche#52 , BMC Iron#1620-1622 |
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| Reverse description | A stylised Celtic horse and rider advancing to the right, the rider bearing a carnyx (Celtic war trumpet) held aloft. A wheel motif appears behind and above the horse, serving as a symbolic fill element typical of British Late Iron Age coinage. The tribal name legend TASC, identifying the issuing king Tasciovanus of the Catuvellauni, is disposed around the central design in Roman letters. |
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| Mintage | ND (20 BC - 10 AD) |
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Tasciovanus ruled the Catuvellauni from a base at Verulamium — modern St Albans — and his gold staters represent the most prolific and typologically varied coinage produced in pre-Roman Britain. The 'Trinovantian N' classification reflects longstanding debate about whether certain Tasciovanian issues were struck in former Trinovantian territory following his contested expansion eastward, possibly into Camulodunum, before Roman diplomatic pressure forced a withdrawal. That territorial ambition is embedded in the numismatic record itself: mint attributions for this type remain disputed precisely because the political boundaries were never stable.