Dobunni Boduoc c.25-5 BC Boduoc Old Head Silver Unit *Excessively Rare*

Dobunni Boduoc c.25-5 BC Boduoc Old Head Silver Unit

Excessively Rare, 5 known.

ABC 2045, 12mm, 1.03g

A crisp strike, clear detail and full inscription, minor edge chip.

Obverse

Bearded head left, BODVOC inscription in front.

Reverse

Horse right, tail has single strand. Pelletal sun ring below. Various pellets and rings above and around.

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Provenance

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

G Cottam coll. Found near Stourbridge, Worcs 1998. CCI 97.1007

This coin comes with a previous label.

 

Bodvoc/Boduoc

Coins issued in the name of Bodvoc/Boduoc are exceptional within the overall Dobunnic series. Their designs include elements which are utterly unlike anything else in the region, an observance which has led to disagreement over where precisely they sit in the overall sequence. Notably, he struck no tree/horse staters, the obverses of these coins instead depicting a purely textual rendering of his name in minimalistic style (ABC 2039/BMC 3135–42). By contrast, silver units issued in his name depict profile heads (ABC 2042/BMC 3143–5). These images are the most complex and developed to be found on coins from this region. Their appearance, with the inscription placed directly in front of the bust, is similar to bronze coins issued by Tasciovanus and Cunobelin in the North Thames region. As such, it has been proposed that Bodvoc/Boduoc might not have been local, hence the very different overall ‘flavour’ of his coins. However, this is tentative.