Dobunni Eisu c. AD 20-43 Eisu Tree Gold Stater *Rare*

Dobunni Eisu c. AD 20-43 Eisu Tree Gold Stater

Tree symbol with pellet at base on plain field/3 tailed horse right, wheel below and EISV and hidden face above

Rare

A superior example, full inscription and good detail on both sides, struck in good gold all of which is seldom seen for Eisu staters.

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ABC 2078; 18mm, 5.39g

Evans: XVIII.3 (1890, p. 494, pl. XVIII).
Evans: XVIII.4 (1890, p. 494, pl. XVIII).

Van Arsdell Classification: Dobunnic F, Comux and Eisv. Van Arsdell notes modern forgeries (VA 1105 – 01 – F1 and Fantasy 9) and that all EISV quarter staters are modern forgeries.

Coins of the Dobunni (Peter Healy) Phase 4: 29c ‘Eisu Tree, Cantering’. Branches of tree angled upwards. Horse’s legs are bent and more vertical. 45 known.

Eisu may have been the last Dobunnic ruler.

Provenance

This coin is from The London Collection of Ancient British Coins. For more information click here: The London Collection – Silbury Coins : Silbury Coins

C Rudd PT, Nov 1994. Found near Gloucester sept 1994. Spink COE 2026 plate coin (381) VA 1105-1

This coin comes with a previous label.

 

Eisu (c. AD 20–43?)

Another individual affiliated with the Dobunni is Eisu, whose coins comprise both staters and silver units. As with ‘Anted’, some of his gold coins also bear a secondary inscription reading ‘RICV’ – suggesting that he was also portraying himself as a king (ABC 2075). As ever, the gold coins follow the usual Dobunnic model, while his silver is closely related to the style of Anted – though of slightly more degraded appearance. Coins of Eisu were present in a highly unusual mixed Late Iron Age/Roman hoard from Malpas, Cheshire, discovered in 2014. The entire group comprised 35 coins, of which 28 were Roman Republican and early Imperial denarii, closing with pieces of Tiberius. The remaining 7 coins comprised western staters of Eisu and, significantly, inscribed north-eastern staters of the Corieltavi.