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Bronze Unit 'Cantian D'
| Issuer | Cantii tribe |
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| Year | 90 BC - 50 BC |
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| Technique | Cast |
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| Reverse description | A highly stylised, Celticised bull rendered in the characteristic abstract manner of Cantian bronze coinage, constructed from bold curved and straight lines rather than naturalistic anatomy. The body of the animal is suggested by a series of arching strokes, with limbs and tail indicated by abbreviated linear elements arranged around a central pellet. The design occupies the full flan, with the imagery confined entirely within an irregular circular border formed by the flan edge itself. No exergual line, legend, or subsidiary inscription is present. The treatment reflects the advanced stage of abstraction from the original Macedonian or Gaulish prototype, typical of the Cantian D series. |
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| Mintage | ND (90 BC - 50 BC) |
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The Cantii occupied the southeastern corner of Britain — roughly modern Kent — and their bronze coinage circulated in a region that was among the most intensively traded with Gaul in the late Iron Age. These units were produced and used during a period when cross-Channel exchange with Belgic tribes was routine, and Gaulish coin types directly influenced local production. Caesar's two expeditions into Britain in 55 and 54 BC cut through Cantian territory specifically, and the disruption to tribal political structures in the decades following likely compressed or terminated local minting activity entirely.