Dubnovellaunos Stater: Wreath and Crescents (obverse); Horse with Branch (Cleveland Museum of Art 1969.148)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
20 BCE–10 CE
Dubnovellaunus was the king of the area around Kent. He was a warlike ruler and at various times possessed territory on both sides of the Thames. He may have succeeded Addedomaros by conquest and ruled over the Trinovantes.
He undoubtedly suffered defeat at the hands of Cunobeline of the Catuvellauni and was forced back to Kent. He was one of the British chieftains mentioned with Tincommius on the monument to Augustus at Ancyra in Galatia. Cleveland Museum of Art object 1969.148: Dubnovellaunos Stater: Wreath and Crescents (obverse); Horse with Branch (reverse), 20 BCE–10 CE. England, Trinovantes. Gold; diameter: 1.8 cm (11/16 in.). Inscribed: [DVBNO]VELLAVN.
Details are those of this museum object; how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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Historical context
Dubnovellaunus, an early king of ancient Britain, is known from the discovery of coins that bear his name.
Physical characteristics
- Materials
- gold
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 1.8 cm (11/16 in.)
- Measurements
- Diameter: 1.8 cm (11/16 in.)
- Material and technique
- gold
Design
- Inscription
- [DVBNO]VELLAVN
Identification
- Date recorded
- 20 BCE–10 CE
- Culture period
- England, Trinovantes
- Holding institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 1969.148
- Published references
- Cleveland Museum of Art, and Emery May Norweb. English Gold Coins, Ancient to Modern Times, On Loan to the Cleveland Museum of Art from the Norweb Collection. 1968. pp. 7 Emery May Norweb Collection (Cleveland, Ohio), Emery May Norweb, C. E. Blunt, F. Elmore Jones, and R. P. Mack. Collection of Ancient British, Romano-British and English Coins. London: Spink, 1971. pp. 1, 21-22
- Museum classification
- Coins
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- Issue or mint date
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