Item number: A381

Year: AD 10-42

Material: Silver

Size: 11.5 x 10.9 x 1.6 mm

Weight: 0.85 g

Provenance: Noonans 2022

This is a Stater silver coin minted between AD 10 and AD 42 during the reign of the legendary tribal chief Cunobelin, who ruled over the Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes in southeastern England. The coin showcases distinct Celtic craftsmanship and cultural features.

The obverse of the coin features a robust, maned boar facing left, with a circular dot adorning its back and another below its belly. However, much of the boar’s depiction is obscured by red and green corrosion on the coin’s surface. The reverse side displays a coiled serpent motif embellished with beaded details, surrounded by geometric curvilinear patterns.

Cunobelin governed a substantial portion of southeastern Britain from approximately AD 10 to 42, succeeding his father, Tasciovanus, as chief of the Catuvellauni, a tribe based north of present-day London. Either shortly before or after his accession, Cunobelin annexed the territory of the Trinovantes in modern Essex and designated Camulodunum (modern Colchester) as his capital and the location of his mint. From this central location, Cunobelin expanded his influence over much of southeastern Britain, and his coinage evolved from Celtic to Roman-influenced designs, a transformation initiated under his father’s leadership. His dominance was so pronounced that the Roman biographer Suetonius referred to him as Britannorum rex (“King of the Britons”) in his work The Twelve Caesars.

Around AD 40, Cunobelin banished his son Adminius, who subsequently fled to Rome and persuaded Caligula to prepare for an invasion of Britain. Although the expedition was organized, it never departed. Following Cunobelin’s death, his other sons, Caratacus and Togodumnus, exhibited hostility towards Rome, providing Emperor Claudius with the pretext to impose Roman rule on the island.

物件編號: A381

年代: 公元 10-42 年

材料: 銀

尺寸: 11.5 x 10.9 x 1.6 mm

重量: 0.85 g

來源: 諾南斯 2022

這是公元10至42年，控制英格蘭東南部的卡圖維拉尼和特里諾凡特斯部落的傳奇部落酋長「庫諾貝林」統治期間，打造極具凱爾特民族特色的斯塔特銀幣。

錢幣正面有一隻面朝左側，體格十分精壯和帶有鬃毛的野豬圖騰。野豬的背上和腹下，各有一粒圓點作為裝飾。但是錢幣表面被許多紅色和綠色銅鏽覆蓋，使得野豬圖飾不甚清晰。錢幣背面是一個以珠點裝飾的捲曲蛇圖案，周圍以幾何的曲線作為裝飾。

庫諾貝林在公元10年至42年間統治了英格蘭東南部的一大片地區，繼承了他的父親塔西奧瓦努斯(Tasciovanus)成為卡圖維拉尼部落的首領，該部落位於現今倫敦北部。無論是在即位前還是後，庫諾貝林都征服了位於現埃塞克斯的特里諾凡特斯地區，並將卡姆洛多努姆（現科切斯特）定為他的首都和造幣廠所在地。從這個中心，庫諾貝林擴展了他在英格蘭東南部的影響力，並且他的硬幣逐漸從凱爾特風格轉變為羅馬風格，這一變化起始於他父親的統治下。他的影響力如此深遠，以至於羅馬傳記作家蘇埃托尼烏斯在其著作《十二凱撒》中稱他為「不列顛之王」（Britannorum rex）。

約公元40年，庫諾貝林放逐了他的兒子阿德米努斯，後者隨後逃至羅馬，說服卡里古拉準備入侵英國。雖然遠征隊已經組織起來，但最終未能出發。在庫諾貝林去世後，他的其他兩個兒子卡拉塔庫斯和托戈杜姆努斯表現出對羅馬的敵意，為克勞狄烏斯皇帝提供了入侵的理由。