Dubnovellaunos Serpent. Sills class 3, dies 1/1. c.25BC-AD5. Gold quarter stater. 12mm. 1.34g. Plain with slight banding./ Horse leaping right, three-leaf sprig above, serpent-like motif below, ringed-pellets around. ABC 312, VA 170, BMC 2475-77, DK 79 (this coin), S 171. CCI 13.0713 (this coin). Neat EF, smooth surfaces, struck in beautiful pinky gold, bold horse. A pretty piece. Ex John Follows collection. SCARCE

The fact that all the earliest gold coins struck in Kent had plain or near-plain obverses is indicative of the large quantities of uniface Belgic staters and quarter staters imported to Cantion during and after the Gallic War. These one-sided imports made uniface gold coins the acceptable norm in Late Iron Age Kent. Have you noticed the hidden face on this well documented quarter stater? Was Dubnovellaunos a son of the Weald king? Dubno’s first two silver units (ABC 315, 318) both show a net just like the Weald king’s. Published in Divided Kingdoms, p.50 (illustrated) and p.96 (this coin).