THE DOBUNNI TRIBE
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The Stater on left was found by Mike Christie at Dymock, Gloucestershire in 2006 and is inscribed EISVG. It is of the tribal leader EISVRIG and is thought to date from  c AD20 to c AD43. It has a gold outer with a copper core and would have been in circulation when the Romans invaded in AD 43

 

The coin is shown very much enlarged.
Text Box: The Stater on left was found by Mike Christie at Dymock, Gloucestershire in 2006 and is inscribed EISVG. It is of the tribal leader EISVRIG and is thought to date from  c AD20 to c AD43. It has a gold outer with a copper core and would have been in circulation when the Romans invaded in AD 43   The coin is shown very much enlarged.                             

                                                                                                     

 

     Evidence gained from plotting coins distribution shows that the Dobunnic territory extended from the Upper Thames Valley, across Gloucestershire into Somerset and northern Wiltshire. The coinage has the distinctive motif of a three tailed horse and a chariot wheel on the reverse side and on the obverse side a tree like-symbol  probably representing fertility. It may represent an ear of Emma wheat -  a very important crop and a variety believed to have been bred by the Celts.

Coins of earlier Dobbunic chieftans found in the territory are of  ANTED, CATTI, COMUX, INAM, CORIO, BODVOC. Eisvrig was quite likely to have been the leader who surrendered to Plautius during the Roman invasion.

The Dobunni were one of the Celtic tribes living in the British Islands prior to the Roman invasion of Britain. The tribe lived in most of West England, including Avon and Gloucestershire. Their capital acquired the Roman name of Corinium Dobunnorum, known today as Cirencester.

The Dobunni were a large group of farmers and craftsmen, living in small villages concentrated in fertile valleys. They were one of the few tribes known to issue coins before Roman arrival. Unlike the Silures, their neighbours, they were not a warlike people and submitted to the Romans even before they reached their lands. Afterwards they adopted the Roman lifestyle.

Numismatic evidence suggests that the Dobunni kings subdivided their land between a north and south zone, sometimes becoming unified in a single ruler.

 

 

 

 

 

 
Text Box:      Evidence gained from plotting coins distribution shows that the Dobunnic territory extended from the Upper Thames Valley, across Gloucestershire into Somerset and northern Wiltshire. The coinage has the distinctive motif of a three tailed horse and a chariot wheel on the reverse side and on the obverse side a tree like-symbol  probably representing fertility. It may represent an ear of Emma wheat -  a very important crop and a variety believed to have been bred by the Celts. Coins of earlier Dobbunic chieftans found in the territory are of  ANTED, CATTI, COMUX, INAM, CORIO, BODVOC. Eisvrig was quite likely to have been the leader who surrendered to Plautius during the Roman invasion. The Dobunni were one of the Celtic tribes living in the British Islands prior to the Roman invasion of Britain. The tribe lived in most of West England, including Avon and Gloucestershire. Their capital acquired the Roman name of Corinium Dobunnorum, known today as Cirencester. The Dobunni were a large group of farmers and craftsmen, living in small villages concentrated in fertile valleys. They were one of the few tribes known to issue coins before Roman arrival. Unlike the Silures, their neighbours, they were not a warlike people and submitted to the Romans even before they reached their lands. Afterwards they adopted the Roman lifestyle. Numismatic evidence suggests that the Dobunni kings subdivided their land between a north and south zone, sometimes becoming unified in a single ruler.