Ruler
Cunobelin (Cunobelinus) · c. AD 9–40
King north of the Thames; Shakespeare's Cymbeline
King north of the Thames for about thirty years. His earliest coins come from Camulodunon (Colchester), where he seems to have taken power first, and he later struck coins at Verlamion (St Albans) too. He used the Latin title and Roman-style designs, and his coins borrow many Roman and Greek images, such as this two-faced . He died about AD 40, before the Roman invasion of AD 43, which his sons opposed. He is Shakespeare's Cymbeline.,,
Known for Ruling the most powerful kingdom in Britain from Camulodunon in the generation before the Roman conquest, with a large Roman-influenced bronze coinage.
People Catuvellauni and Trinovantes: Two neighbouring peoples north of the Thames: the in today's Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, and the in Essex and south Suffolk (centred on Colchester). Under Cunobelin they were ruled together, and catalogues treat their coins as one North Thames series.,
Read more: Wikipedia: Cunobelinus · Iron Age Coins in Britain: ABC 2981 · PAS record 871393 (featured coin) · Cunobelin: all coins · Catuvellauni and Trinovantes: all coins
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