Iceni 1st Century BC Silver Unit Norfolk God

Iceni 1st Century BC Silver Unit

Norfolk God, Moustache type

Profile male head right, oval eye, moustachioed, short dashes for hair with crescents behind each with pellet at end. Corn ear behind/ Horse right with cabled mane, lozenge below

ABC1567, S434, 13mm, 1.07g

This type was traditionally thought to show the bust of Boudica, the famous East Anglian Warrior queen who led an uprising against the Romans in AD 60-61 although in recent years this has been discounted as this type was likely struck 100 years earlier.