Hi,
Don't recall seeing
Celtic here for a while so I thought I'd post my two
new coins of Cunobelin:
AE unit
Obv "CVNOBELIN"
female
head left
Rev "TASCIO"
Metal worker seated right
VA 2097;
BMC 1972-83;
Mack 248
AE unit
Obv "CVNOB"
Head of
Jupiter Ammon right
Rev "CAM"
Lion crouching on a panel right
VA 2107;
BMC 1991-7;
Mack 253
Cunobelin appears to have died c.40 AD, shortly before the Claudian invasion. The
style of both coins is such that they betray the influences ofthe
Roman world.
On the second coin the abbreviation CAM on the
reverse is for CAMVLODVNVM, or Colchester (with potential
Carausius liks 250 years later). I like the
mint names on such coins and also have a silver unit of Eppilus with the word CALLE, short for Calleva, modern Silchester, on the
reverse.
It would be nice if the top coin showed a metal worker making coins but on better preserved specimens they appear to be working on a vase.
Regards,
Mauseus
