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Cunobelin Cricket silver unit
Coin 02 · Cunobelin (North Thames region: Catuvellauni and Trinovantes)
A silver unit of Cunobelin. One face has CVNO in a tablet with a cornucopia above and dolphins below; the other has a standing figure between two altars with CA and M in the field.
- Issuer or group
- Cunobelin (North Thames region: Catuvellauni and Trinovantes)
- Metal
- Silver unit
- Date (record)
- AD 10–40
- Catalogue refs (record)
- ABC 2900
- Specimen
- PAS 922115
- Specimen size
- Not in the record. The model is about 13.8 mm across, estimated from the scale in the photograph.
Obverse. CVNO in a tablet, cornucopia above, dolphins below.
Reverse. Figure standing between altars, CA-MV in the field.
Diameter is not in the record; the model size is estimated from the scale in the photograph.
Features
| # | Feature | Face | As-minted evidence | On the found coin | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tablet with CVNO | Obverse | Observed in the photo | Survives on this find | The letters C.VNO between two horizontal lines. |
| 2 | Cornucopia above | Obverse | Observed in the photo | Survives on this find | A curved horn shape above the tablet, which the record identifies as a cornucopia (horn of plenty). |
| 3 | Dolphins below | Obverse | Observed in the photo | Survives on this find | Two curved animal forms below the tablet, identified as dolphins in the record, with a pellet above. |
| 4 | Standing figure | Reverse | Observed in the photo | Survives on this find | A draped figure standing at the centre. |
| 5 | Altar (left) | Reverse | Observed in the photo | Survives on this find | A tall block with a top piece, at the left. |
| 6 | Altar (right) | Reverse | Observed in the photo | Partly visible on this find | The second altar, at the right, less clear than the left one. |
| 7 | Letters CA | Reverse | Observed in the photo | Survives on this find | CA at the upper left. |
| 8 | Letter M | Reverse | Observed in the photo | Partly visible on this find | M at the upper right; the V after it is not clear on this photo. |
In the record but not modelled
- Letter V of CA-MV: In the record's reading; not clear in the photo, so not modelled.
The found specimen
- Wear
- Light: lettering and drapery folds are sharp.
- Corrosion
- Brown toning with grey deposits round the edges.
- Strike
- Well centred on both faces.
- Completeness
- Complete.
These are descriptions, not grades. Thickness in the model: inferred (no weight or thickness recorded): set to 8.5% of the diameter.
Source and licence
Based on a photograph by Riccardo Caravello / Suffolk County Council, via the Portable Antiquities Scheme and Wikimedia Commons (file page as retrieved, revision 1124036938), licensed CC BY 2.0. Changes: the two faces were cut out of the photograph, rotated and rescaled to a common frame, and used to make an interpretive 3D reconstruction. Depth, the edge and unseen surfaces are inferred, not measured. The as-minted version is further cleaned, restored and recoloured by us.
SHA-256 of the archived original: c153513b439aa04ad5499d3a65bbafe46355d8140c09d79659aaec9cc6298f24. Retrieved 2026-10-16.