Silver ½ Unit - Ecen Mini Ecen / Mini Ecen ECEV

Features

Issuer	Iceni tribe (Celtic Britain)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	25-35
Value	Silver ½ Unit
Currency	Stater
Composition	Silver
Weight	0.4 g
Diameter	11 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 460811
References	ABC# 1684 Elizabeth Cottam, Philip de Jersey, Chris Rudd, John Sills; 2010. Ancient British Coins. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. , Van Arsdell# 736, 738 Robert D. Van Arsdell; 1989. Celtic Coinage of Britain. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , Sp# 443B Standard Catalogue of British Coins (37 volumes). , BMC Iron# 4217 Richard Hobbs; 1996. British Iron Age coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , Talbot MfT# Ecen John Talbot; 2017. Made for Trade: A New View of Icenian Coinage. Oxbow, Oxford, United Kingdom. , COI# 90a, 90e Elizabeth Cottam, Chris Rudd; 2022. Coins of the Iceni. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom.

Series: Ecen

Obverse

Back-to-back linear crescents with pellets at points within lozenge of corded lines. Two pellets between crescents.

Reverse

Globular horse right, solid head, rein between chest and nose. Pellet triad either side of V-shaped motif above. Pellet and inscription (sometimes blundered) below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ECEV or
ECEN

Unabridged legend: Ecen.

Comments

Evans: (1864, p. 385).

Allen Type: British VId.

Van Arsdell Classification: Icenian H, Silver Coins Inscribed ECEN. Van Arsdell lists two variants:
VA 736 - 01: ECEN monogram. This is COI 90a.
VA 738 - 01: ECN. This also appears to be COI 90a.

Chris Rudd (ABC) ‘Mini Ecen’.

Talbot Ecen. The end of the denominational period saw the introduction of inscriptions. Anted and Ecen were produced in parallel (Anted starting first), using the same obverse die (staters of ECEN and ANTEDI (ABC 1639) are die linked), and followed Boar Horse C. They were struck at Mint A, which was responsible for most gold and used the most dies, characterised by a horse with an open head. The ECEN, EDN and ED variants (and ECE, ECEV and symbols for half units) are die linked with engraving becoming cruder. Finds are widely-dispersed but concentrated south of Snettisham.

Talbot Chronology: Gallo-Belgic E/Ingoldisthorpe - Early Local Period I (55BC-35BC) - Early Local Period II (35BC-15BC) - Denominational Period I (15BC-5: Snettisham - Plouviez - Irstead - Early Boar Horse) - Denominational Period II (5-25: Boar Horse B - Boar Horse C) - Denominational Period III (25-45).

Cottam and Rudd list two types:
COI 90a (ABC 1684; VA 736-01) - Mini Ecen ECEV (36 known): ECEV below horse.
COI 90e - Mini Ecen Head Low (8 known): Horse's head is low, ECEN around.
COI 90 is divided into Mini Ecen ECEV, Mini Ecen ECE (ABC 1687), Mini Ecen ED (ABC 1690), Mini Ecen Y Retro (ABC 1696) and Mini Ecen Stick Horse (ABC 1693).

Cottam and Rudd Chronology: Gallic War Unity (55-50BC) - Post-War Austerity (50-35BC) - Peaceful Prosperity (35BC-20) - Client-State Conformity (20-47) - Claudian Regality (43-47).

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Date	References
Undetermined
ND (25-35)	COI# 90a Elizabeth Cottam, Chris Rudd; 2022. Coins of the Iceni. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom.	ECEV below horse
ND (25-35)	COI# 90e Elizabeth Cottam, Chris Rudd; 2022. Coins of the Iceni. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom.	Horse's head is low, ECEN around

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