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Celtic quarter stater (Dobunni)
Silver quarter stater with name, EISU.
Around 2,200 years ago, coins made on the continent found their way into Britain. These gold coins were not used as everyday money. They were powerful symbols of obligations and relationships between important tribespeople and Rome. Before long, tribes in southern and eastern Britain were producing their own distinctive gold and silver coins. There is no evidence that tribes in Wales minted their own coins. But coins found in Wales, especially in the south-east, show that tribes living there were part of the wider network of exchange.
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Site Name: Whitton Villa site, Whitton
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