Johan K
10-10-2016, 02:45 PM
Just arrived from our yearly trip to the UK. Found several mediėval coins, but the golden stater is stunning ! My first and probably my last haha. Coin belonged to the Catuvellaini tribe. This is their history: The Catuvellauni were a Celtic tribe or state of south-eastern Britain (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_Britain) before the Roman conquest (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_conquest_of_Britain), attested by inscriptions into the 4th century.
The fortunes of the Catuvellauni and their kings before the conquest can be traced through numismatic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numismatic) evidence and scattered references in classical histories. They are mentioned by Dio Cassius (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dio_Cassius), who implies that they led the resistance against the conquest in AD 43. They appear as one of the civitates (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civitas) of Roman Britain (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Britain) in Ptolemy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy)'s Geography in the 2nd century, occupying the town of Verlamion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verlamion) (modern St Albans (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Albans)) and the surrounding areas of Hertfordshire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertfordshire), Bedfordshire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire) and southern Cambridgeshire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridgeshire).
Their territory was bordered to the north by the Iceni (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceni) and Corieltauvi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corieltauvi), to the east by the Trinovantes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinovantes), to the west by the Dobunni (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobunni) and Atrebates (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrebates#The_Atrebates_in_Britain), and to the south by the Regnenses (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regnenses) and Cantiaci (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantiaci).
Found this stater on grass, just along the fence because 1200 pound bull was watching me. Already chased me of the meadow the day before haha. I said to him : "I'LL BE BACK "!!!!!
Kind Regards from the Netherlands, Johan
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The fortunes of the Catuvellauni and their kings before the conquest can be traced through numismatic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numismatic) evidence and scattered references in classical histories. They are mentioned by Dio Cassius (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dio_Cassius), who implies that they led the resistance against the conquest in AD 43. They appear as one of the civitates (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civitas) of Roman Britain (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Britain) in Ptolemy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy)'s Geography in the 2nd century, occupying the town of Verlamion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verlamion) (modern St Albans (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Albans)) and the surrounding areas of Hertfordshire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertfordshire), Bedfordshire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire) and southern Cambridgeshire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridgeshire).
Their territory was bordered to the north by the Iceni (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceni) and Corieltauvi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corieltauvi), to the east by the Trinovantes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinovantes), to the west by the Dobunni (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobunni) and Atrebates (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrebates#The_Atrebates_in_Britain), and to the south by the Regnenses (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regnenses) and Cantiaci (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantiaci).
Found this stater on grass, just along the fence because 1200 pound bull was watching me. Already chased me of the meadow the day before haha. I said to him : "I'LL BE BACK "!!!!!
Kind Regards from the Netherlands, Johan
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