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Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Coins, Currency & Medals
ISBN: 9781785708138
Publisher: Casemate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC
Published: 2017-12-14T00:00:00+00:00

5.7 Inscriptions

A major change in the late denominational coinage was the widespread introduction of inscriptions. Table 5.1 shows a version of each inscription in an indicative chronology, with the earliest coins at the top of the chart. Different names were used in parallel, and also they were minted alongside the issue of uninscribed Late Face Horse coinage from Mint B. The precise chronology of the ‘late local’ inscribed coinage is unknown, but it is probable that Cani Dvro is the first inscription in the region.

Much has been written about these inscriptions. Recent studies by Daphne Nash Briggs (2011) and Amanda Chadburn (2006, 319–27) have attempted to explain the etymology of the words, with Nash Briggs examining potential Germanic as well as Gaulish roots. I have not attempted to duplicate their analyses here.

The reading of the inscriptions is not always straightforward and the following observations are relevant:

Figure 5.32 Boars on Bury Pallas Half Unit (left) and Early Boar Horse Unit (right)

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