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LOT 2569
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni, Cunobelin AV Quarter Stater. AD 8-41.
CAMVL in tablet over vertical wreath / Biga to left, branch above; wheel and CVNO below. Mack 202; BMC 1836-36a; ABC 2807; SCBC 290. Extremely Fine. Well-centred; rose tone. Rare.(1.31gr, 11mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Found near Fyfield, Essex, UK, in 2021.
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LOT 2569
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni, Cunobelin AV Quarter Stater.
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Trocc(os?) or Trocc(ios?), formerly read as TASC by Mack and Van Arsdell, is probably an ancient British personal name which may mean something like 'crippled' or 'lame' or perhaps 'cut short' as in the word 'truncated'. Of the eight provenanced examples of this bronze unit four were found in Essex, three in Suffolk. Was Trocc(os?) an early associate of Cunobelinus who ruled briefly in the eastern part of his kingdom? He could have been an influential relation of Tasciovanos or Dubnovellaunos, possibly reformed, dwarfish of physically disabled (hence his unflattering name), who was initially tolerated by Cunobelinus and then deposed (ABC, note p. 142).
