Bronze Unit - Dubnovellaunos Hairy

Features

Issuer	Trinovantes tribe (Celtic Britain)
King	Dubnovellaunus (circa 40-1 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	30 BC - 25 BC
Value	Bronze Unit
Currency	Stater
Composition	Bronze
Weight	1.65 g
Diameter	17 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 123999
References	ABC# 2407 Elizabeth Cottam, Philip de Jersey, Chris Rudd, John Sills; 2010. Ancient British Coins. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. , Van Arsdell# 1669 Robert D. Van Arsdell; 1989. Celtic Coinage of Britain. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , Sp# 211 Standard Catalogue of British Coins (37 volumes). , BMC Iron# 2446, 2447, 2448 Richard Hobbs; 1996. British Iron Age coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , Mack# 281 Richard Paston Mack; 1975. The Coinage of Ancient Britain. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.

Series: Branch

Obverse

Head left, curved wreath from pellet in ring above eye, hair represented by curves above. Pellet-in-ring behind head.

Reverse

Horse left. Pellet in ring above and below. Branch and pellet below. Inscription (almost always off flan) behind/above.

Script: Latin

Lettering: DVBNO

Unabridged legend: Dubnovellaunos.

Comments

Evans: XIII.11 (1864, p. 353, pl. XIII).

Allen Type: British Lx23.

Van Arsdell Classification: Trinovantian L, Earlier Dynastic Issues, Dubnovellaunus in Essex, Bronze Coins.

Sills places Hairy (ABC 2407) with later Dubnovellaunos gold such as II Type (ABC 2392) because the horse is naturalistic rather than annulate. He also puts Headband bronze (ABC 2404), with the DVBNOVIILL spelling, at this time. Centre Parting (ABC 2413) and Corded (ABC 2416) are not certainly Dubnovellaunos.

Sills chronology: Gallo-Belgic Ca - British G (Early Clacton) / Aa Westerham - British La (Whaddon Chase) - British Lb (Westbury) - Addedomaros - Dubnovellaunos - Tasciovanos.

Dubnovellaunos was almost beyond doubt king of both the Trinovantes and Cantii. Around 7, at the end of his reign, he and Tincomarus of the Atrebates appeared in the res gestae as supplicants to Augustus, but it is not known whether that was king of the Trnovantes or Cantii at the time. He could not be the Dumnovellaunus of the Corieltauvi.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (30 BC - 25 BC)

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