BODVOC.
Coins bearing the word BODVOC, BODVO, or ODVOC, have usually, but erroneously, been ascribed to Boadicea, Queen of the Iceni. As is remarked by Evans, “there is no ground for supposing that any coins were struck by Boadicea, who never seems to have exercised the queenly power, unless as the leader of a short-lived revolt, and whose chief complaint against the Romans was, that the kingdom left by her husband Prasutagus, to which possibly she may have hoped to succeed, was overrun and pillaged by their troops, she herself scourged, and her daughters put to shame.” Moreover, no coins of BODVOC have ever been found in the Icenian territory, but are confined to the opposite side of the country; and are evidently of a date anterior to the revolt of Boadicea. The usual type has on the obverse simply the word BODVOC in large letters across the field; reverse, a horse of more or less disjointed character, with chariot-wheel and other details. One example has, however, on the obverse a profile bust to the left, and letters BODVO in front of the face; and reverse, a horse, etc.