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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:1900.176.72 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name coin, Mack 225, cunobelin Description An Iron Age copper alloy stater of Cunobelin, ruler of the Catuvellauni tribe around AD 10-40. This coins two sides both show a stylised animal motif. One side has a prancing horse, with a cross/star motif just above the saddle and an eroded pellet-in-annulet above that. The other side shows a mythological winged creature, likely a griffin, with a raised foot, and the inscription CAMV. This indicates the coin was minted in Camulodunum, or modern Colchester. Production period Iron Age Material metal Dimensions weight: 2.58 g Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

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COLEM:1900.176.72
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

coin, Mack 225, cunobelin
Description

An Iron Age copper alloy stater of Cunobelin, ruler of the Catuvellauni tribe around AD 10-40. This coins two sides both show a stylised animal motif. One side has a prancing horse, with a cross/star motif just above the saddle and an eroded pellet-in-annulet above that. The other side shows a mythological winged creature, likely a griffin, with a raised foot, and the inscription CAMV. This indicates the coin was minted in Camulodunum, or modern Colchester.
Production period

Iron Age
Material

metal
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