Bronze Unit - Cunobelinus Pegasus Victory Left
Features
| Issuer |
Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes
(Celtic Britain)  |
|---|---|
| King |
Cunobeline (circa AD 9-40)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 10-20 |
| Value | Bronze Unit |
| Currency | Stater |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 2.9 g |
| Diameter | 15 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 463064 |
| References | ABC# 2921 Elizabeth Cottam, Philip de Jersey, Chris Rudd, John Sills; 2010. Ancient British Coins. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. Robert D. Van Arsdell; 1989. Celtic Coinage of Britain. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. Standard Catalogue of British Coins (37 volumes).Richard Hobbs; 1996. British Iron Age coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , Mack# 222, 222aRichard Paston Mack; 1975. The Coinage of Ancient Britain. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. |
Series: Cunobelin in Kent
Obverse
Pegasus left, head turned back. Inscription or ringed pellet below.
Script: Latin
Lettering: CAM
Unabridged legend: Camulodunon.
Reverse
Victory standing left. Inscription in front. Sometimes ringed pellet behind.
Script: Latin
Lettering: CVN
Unabridged legend: Cunobelinus.
Translation: Cunobelin.
Mint
| CAM | Camulodunum, modern-day Colchester, United Kingdom |
Comments
Evans: XI.12 (1864, p. 324, pl. XI).
Evans: XI.13 (1864, p. 325, pl. XI).
Evans: XXII.12 (1890, p. 572, pl. XXII).
Mack 222: No ringed pellets.
Mack 222a: Ringed pellet below Pegasus. Ringed pellet behind Victory. See CCI 01.1852.
Van Arsdell Classification: Trinovantian U, Coinage of Cunobeline, Restoration Period (Heavy Staters), Middle Issues Bronze Coins. Van Arsdell lists two variants:
VA 1973 - 01: CAM below Pegasus.
VA 1973 - 03: Pellet in ring below pegasus. Pellet in ring to lower right of victory.
Sills: Coinage of Kent; The North Thames Dynasty in Kent; Cunobelinus; Bronze: Pegasus Victory Left. Shown by Francis M Morris (Cunobelinus' Bronze Coinage, Britannia 44, 2013, p. 43-8) to be struck in Kent or for use in Kent. There may have been two mints, one in east and one in west Kent. Unlike the other Cunobelin bronzes struck in Kent, this is not derived from other coins and the CAM mintmark suggests it was struck in Camulodunon (Colchester, in Catuvellauni territory) for use in Kent. The reverse CVN has pellet serifs that date it alongside the Wild A series, suggesting Cantian bronze was centralised in Camulodunon after the Linear series (which seems to have been struck in Kent).
Cunobelin produced more than one type that circulated almost entirely in Kent, of which this is one. Cunobelin took control of Kent and his son, Adminius, was king of the Cantii.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (10-20) | 
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Van Arsdell# 1973-01Robert D. Van Arsdell; 1989. Celtic Coinage of Britain. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. |
CAM below Pegasus | ||||||||||||
| ND (10-20) | Van Arsdell# 1973-03Robert D. Van Arsdell; 1989. Celtic Coinage of Britain. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. |
Ringed pellet below Pegasus | |||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 100
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Examples of the type
© British Museum, 1991,1110.253
ND (10-20) – Van Arsdell# 1973-01 – CAM below Pegasus • Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire • 18 mm • 2.16 g (see more)
ND (10-20) – Van Arsdell# 1973-01 – CAM below Pegasus • Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire • 18 mm • 2.16 g (see more)
© British Museum, 1919,0213.384
ND (10-20) – Van Arsdell# 1973-01 – CAM below Pegasus • Colchester, Essex • 16 mm • 2.87 g (see more)
ND (10-20) – Van Arsdell# 1973-01 – CAM below Pegasus • Colchester, Essex • 16 mm • 2.87 g (see more)
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