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1/4 Stater - Sego Tascio Tablet
| Issuer | Cantii tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 5-15 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Tablet type design divided into three horizontal registers. The central register bears the incuse Latin inscription TASCIO within a recessed rectangular panel with raised borders. Above the tablet, a spoked wheel motif flanked by two pellets occupies the upper field. Below the tablet, a partial arc or crescent element flanked by pellets fills the lower register, all characteristic of late Iron Age Celtic die work. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Cantii occupied the territory of modern Kent, directly opposite the Gaulish coast, making them among the most politically exposed British tribes during the late pre-Roman period. The Sego Tascio tablet type is attributed to the final decades of independent Cantian coinage — by the time these were struck, Roman administrative pressure following Caesar's expeditions of 55 and 54 BC had already begun reshaping tribal political structures across the southeast. The inscribed tablet design reflects Gaulish influence absorbed through sustained cross-Channel trade and aristocratic contact.
Production almost certainly ceased with the consolidation of Roman control under Claudius in 43 AD, though coinage of this type may have stopped circulating as meaningful currency well before that.