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Source Description
Tasciovanus was the first king of the Catuvellauni to put his name on his coins; otherwise he is completely unknown to history. It is based on earlier coin designs with the addition of a legend containing an abbreviation of his name and a bucranium (head of an ox) above the horse. Often earlier coins are badly executed, causing elements of the design to be cut off, as seen here.
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Document identity
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144339
label
Tasciovanus Stater: Crossed Wreaths (obverse); Horse and Bucranium (Head of Ox) (reverse)
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object
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144339
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object
title
Tasciovanus Stater: Crossed Wreaths (obverse); Horse and Bucranium (Head of Ox) (reverse)
description
Tasciovanus was the first king of the Catuvellauni to put his name on his coins; otherwise he is completely unknown to history. It is based on earlier coin designs with the addition of a legend containing an abbreviation of his name and a bucranium (head of an ox) above the horse. Often earlier coins are badly executed, causing elements of the design to be cut off, as seen here.
date
20 BCE–10 CE
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79921402
genreSpecific
Coins
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 1.7 cm (11/16 in.)
cul
England, Catuvellauni
accession
1969.15
Source extras
tec
gold
tombstone
Tasciovanus Stater: Crossed Wreaths (obverse); Horse and Bucranium (Head of Ox) (reverse), 20 BCE–10 CE. England, Catuvellauni. Gold; diameter: 1.7 cm (11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1969.150
collection
MED - Numismatics
inscriptions
inscription
TASCIAV
inscription_remark
Off center so that the legend doesn't appear
didYouKnow
The Catuvellauni were a Celtic tribe or state of southeastern Britain before the Roman conquest.
citations
citation
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.
page_number
pp. 9
citation
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.
page_number
pp. 17-18
creditline
The Norweb Collection
updatedAt
2026-05-29 07:24:42.225000
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144339
dept
Medieval Art
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MED - Numismatics
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gold
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photo
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