Celtic Britain, Cunobelin, Catuvellauni & Trinovantes, AE Unit, ca. 10-41 AD. 16 mm, 2.33 gr.

Obv: Winged head left, CVNO in front, BELIN behind.
Rev: Metal worker seated right, hammering vase, TASCIO behind, 
beaded border. 

Hobbs 1972-83; Van Arsdell 2097; SCBC 342. 
Well centered VF. Scarce. Allen says the figure on the reverse 
of this Cunobelin bronze is “presumably the smith god, known as 
Sucellus in parts of Gaul, sitting on a solid seat with a detached 
upright back, holding an L-shaped hammer in his right hand, 
while in his left he holds a metal bowl, the shape of which is 
almost identical with the diminutive silver cups of the same 
period from Welwyn, especially in the form of base and rim. There 
is always a distinct bun of hair behind the smith’s head” 
(Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 24, 1958, pg. 59); cf. the T-
shaped hammer among the moneyer’s tools on the Roman Republican 
denarius of T. Carisius, Rome, 46 BC (Crawford 464/2). 

Courtesy of ANE Coins on vcoins, March 2011