Cunobelinus Classic, no stalk type

Corn ear without central stalk, CA to left, MV to right/ Horse rearing to right, branch above, CVNO below

*Extremely Rare*

ABC2795, S288, 16mm, 5.46g

A beautiful example with little wear, characterful horse and full inscriptions on both sides.

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Cunobelinus, or’ hound of Belinus’ was the most powerful tribal king of his time not just in Britain but also in Atlantic Europe. By AD 41 he controlled more land, lives and wealth than any other leader west of the River Rhine. It has been suggested that just before he died Tasciovanos installed his son Cunobelinus as king of Camulodunon. It is more probable that Cunobelinus seized it from Dubnovellaunos of the Trinovantes. Either way by AD 41 Cunobelinus controlled most of south east England. His brother Epatticcus also ruled the Atrebates in Hampshire whilst his son, Amminus, ruled the Cantaci in Kent.
Cunobelinus was the last great Iron Age king in Europe and it would be 700 years before Offa of Mercia became the next independent king in Britain.
Whilst some of the coinage issued by Cunobelinus retains Celtic features there is also a strong, and probably increasing, Roman influence which is shown in the inscriptions on many of his coins.

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Cunobelinus Linear

Corn ear usually with central stalk, CA to left and MV to right/ Horse right with ladder mane, branch above, CVN below

ABC2810, S292, 11mm, 1.31g

Sharp detail and broad flan, excellent for type.

This coin comes with a rough find area provenance.

Cunobelinus, or’ hound of Belinus’ was the most powerful tribal king of his time not just in Britain but also in Atlantic Europe. By AD 41 he controlled more land, lives and wealth than any other leader west of the River Rhine. It has been suggested that just before he died Tasciovanos installed his son Cunobelinus as king of Camulodunon. It is more probable that Cunobelinus seized it from Dubnovellaunos of the Trinovantes. Either way by AD 41 Cunobelinus controlled most of south east England. His brother Epatticcus also ruled the Atrebates in Hampshire whilst his son, Amminus, ruled the Cantaci in Kent.
Cunobelinus was the last great Iron Age king in Europe and it would be 700 years before Offa of Mercia became the next independent king in Britain.
Whilst some of the coinage issued by Cunobelinus retains Celtic features there is also a strong, and probably increasing, Roman influence which is shown in the inscriptions on many of his coins.

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Clacton Cross

Traces of 3 men in a boat / Cross of double lines, pellets in angles

*Very rare*

ABC2356, 12mm, 1.45g

This coin comes with a rough find area provenance.

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‘Clacton Original’ type

Wreath / Horse right

Extremely rare

ABC2326; 11mm, 6.42g

This coin comes with rough find area provenance.

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Middle Whaddon Chase

Pole Wheel Type

Crossed wreaths, outline crescents back to back at centre/Annulate horse, wheel on stalk above, wheel below

Extremely rare

ABC2240; 16mm, 5.51g

A fantastic sharp strike, this type especially scarce as such.

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Cunobelinus Sow

Helmeted head right. CVNOBELINVS around/Sow right. TASCIIOVANII around

ABC2960, 16mm, 2.26g

This coin comes with a rough find area provenance.

To Shakespeare, he was Cymbeline. For a monk called Nennius writing in the early 9th century, he was Bellinus. In Medieval Welsh oral traditions, he is Beli Mawr or Cynfelin. For the modern historian, numismatist or student of Late Iron Age Britain, he is best known as Cunobelin. Whatever he is called, he represents a very real figure whose amorphous, semi-legendary status has shifted back and forth across the line dividing myth and reality over the course of two millennia.

From the moment of his naming, Cunobelin (‘hound of Belenus’ or ‘bright one’) was obviously expected to accomplish great deeds. His birth-date is unknown, but we are certain that he was the son of Tasciovanos – an early ruler of the Catuvellauni. Coin evidence is key in establishing this familial relationship, as many coins struck for Cunobelin are prominently inscribed ‘CVNOBELINI TASCIOVANI F[ILIVS]’ (Cunobelin, Son of Tasciovanus) (Fig.3). He is thought to have ruled between circa AD 8 and AD 41, the use of Latin text on his coins demonstrating growing Roman influence even though Britain was not yet a Roman province.

Tasciovanos himself belonged to a Late Iron Age tribal grouping called the Catavellaunii. This loose confederation of peoples lived in and around what are now the counties of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire. Their Oppidum was probably Verlamion, a heavily fortified site with impressive earthworks that survive to this day, sited some two kilometres away from the modern city of St Albans. The infamous instigator of resistance against Julius Caesar, Cassivellaunos, who himself was possibly also a relative of Tasciovanos, may have been one of their earlier rulers.

Like many of the other peoples that inhabited Britain in the Late Iron Age, Catavellaunian society was composed of craftsfolk, farmers and artisans – but also warriors. After all, their very name translates broadly from Brythonic (a group of Celtic languages) as ‘those skilful in war’. Under Tasciovanos’ leadership, it was evident that they continued to live up to this name – expanding their territory eastwards into that of a neighbouring tribal confederation called Trinovantes. Taking over most of what is today Suffolk and Essex, for a time the Catavellauni also appear to have conquered the regional centre of Camulodunon – probably displacing the Trinovantian king, Addedomaros, in the process.

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Middle Whaddon Chase

Pole Wheel Type

Crossed wreaths, outline crescents back to back at centre/Annulate horse, wheel on stalk above, wheel below

Extremely rare

ABC2240; 16mm, 5.51g

A fantastic sharp strike, this type especially scarce as such.

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ABC2380

14mm, 1.31g

Excessively rare

Comes with find area provenance

An exceptional example of this rare type.

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Cunobelinus Crescent Horse

Head right, CVNOBELINI around/Horse prancing right, crescent above, TASCIO below

ABC2873, S312; 11mm, 1.14g

This coin comes with a rough find area provenance.

Cunobelinus, or’ hound of Belinus’ was the most powerful tribal king of his time not just in Britain but also in Atlantic Europe. By AD 41 he controlled more land, lives and wealth than any other leader west of the River Rhine. It has been suggested that just before he died Tasciovanos installed his son Cunobelinus as king of Camulodunon. It is more probable that Cunobelinus seized it from Dubnovellaunos of the Trinovantes. Either way by AD 41 Cunobelinus controlled most of south east England. His brother Epatticcus also ruled the Atrebates in Hampshire whilst his son, Amminus, ruled the Cantaci in Kent.
Cunobelinus was the last great Iron Age king in Europe and it would be 700 years before Offa of Mercia became the next independent king in Britain.
Whilst some of the coinage issued by Cunobelinus retains Celtic features there is also a strong, and probably increasing, Roman influence which is shown in the inscriptions on many of his coins.

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Cunobelinus Biga type

CAMVL in tablet on vertical wreath, heart shapes and bucrania in angles/Biga left, wheel and CVNOBELIN below, leaf above

Very rare

ABC2771, S280; 18mm, 5.33g

A well struck example of this seldom seen type, struck in pale gold and as found.

This coin comes with a rough find area provenance and is recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme. With old collector label.

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