Bronze Unit - Cunobelinus Pegasus Victory Left

Features

Issuer	Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes (Celtic Britain)
Król	Cunobeline (9-40)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	10-20
Value	Bronze Unit
Currency	Stater
Composition	Brąz
Weight	2.9 g
Diameter	15 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
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. , Van Arsdell# 1973 Robert D. Van Arsdell; 1989. Celtic Coinage of Britain. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , Sp# 325 Standard Catalogue of British Coins (37 volumes). , BMC Iron# 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943 Richard Hobbs; 1996. British Iron Age coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , Mack# 222, 222a Richard Paston Mack; 1975. The Coinage of Ancient Britain. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.

Series: Cunobelin in Kent

Obverse

(en) Pegasus left, head turned back. Inscription or ringed pellet below.

Script: łaciński

Lettering: CAM

Unabridged legend: Camulodunon.

Reverse

(en) Victory standing left. Inscription in front. Sometimes ringed pellet behind.

Script: łaciński

Lettering: CVN

Unabridged legend: Cunobelinus.

Mint

CAM	Camulodunum, modern-day Colchester, United Kingdom

Comments

(en)

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	References
Undetermined
ND (10-20)	Van Arsdell# 1973-01 Robert D. Van Arsdell; 1989. Celtic Coinage of Britain. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.	(en) CAM below Pegasus
ND (10-20)	Van Arsdell# 1973-03 Robert D. Van Arsdell; 1989. Celtic Coinage of Britain. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.	(en) Ringed pellet below Pegasus

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Bronze Unit - Cunobelinus (Pegasus Victory Left)

Picture 2 of the example of Bronze Unit - Cunobelinus (Pegasus Victory Left)

© British Museum, 1991,1110.253
ND (10-20) – Van Arsdell# 1973-01 – (en) CAM below Pegasus • Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire • 18 mm • 2.16 g (see more)