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Description: | Gold, Iron Age Stater of Tascivanus, usually associated with the Northern Region, mid to late 1st Century BC.This coinage originated in the region north of the Thames and to the east, with distribution centring on Essex and Hertfordshire.The Northern Region is associated with the Trinovantes and the Catuvellauni tribes. The obverse has the inscription 'TASCIO RICON', Hobbs (1996, p19) argues that RICON could be a variation of 'REX' and mean 'KING'. The coin is concave in shape on the reverse. The reverse depicts a horse facing left with a helmeted rider, his right arm raised holding a sword and a shield in his left hand. There is a ring and dot under the belly of the horse. Other examples can be seen in Hobbs (1996), Numbers 1629 - 1632, p115 (plate 51) and on the database BERK-7163A7.Diameter: 17.3 mmThickness: 3.1 mmWeight: 5.4 gReference:Hobbs, R 'British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum', British Museum Press, 1996.
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