Dubnovellaunos Stater: Wreath and Crescents (obverse); Horse with Branch (reverse)

Description

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.

Provenance

Mrs. Emery May Holden Norweb (1895-1984), Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art (-1969); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1969-)

Dubnovellaunos Stater: Wreath and Crescents (obverse); Horse with Branch (reverse)

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20 BCE–10 CE

Accession Number

1969.148

Medium

gold

Dimensions

Diameter: 1.8 cm (11/16 in.)

Classification

Coins

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

The Norweb Collection