Trinovantes/Catuvellauni (Britain) - Cunobeline - AE unit

Trinovantes/Catuvellauni, British tribes of Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire et Essex. Cunobeline 10-43.
AE unit, 20-43.
CVNOBELINI Laureated head of “Tiberius” left.
TASCIOVANI.F(ilius) Centaur standing right ,blowing horn, with flying chlamys around neck.
1,86 g. CCB 2089-1 ; BMC 1968-71. Rare. Lovely dark patina. Exceptionnal style and condition. Extremely fine

Found in 1973 near Ware, Hertfordshire. CCI 74.0104.

Cunobeline inspired Shakespeare for his tragedy “Cymbeline” (The Tragedy of Cymbeline, King of Britain) c. 1609.