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Bronze Unit Evans G14
| Issuer | Cantii tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 50 BC - 25 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A stylised horse or equine figure rendered in the schematic Celtic manner occupies the central field, depicted in profile moving to the right, with abstracted limbs and body consistent with late Iron Age artistic conventions of the Cantii tribe. Ancillary symbols or pellet devices may be present in the field surrounding the principal motif, though surface patination and corrosion obscure precise detail. The flan is irregular in outline with a flat to slightly concave surface, typical of hand-struck bronze units of this series. No legend or inscription accompanies the design, in keeping with the uninscribed character of this coinage type. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Cantii occupied the territory of modern Kent — the primary landing zone for Caesar's expeditions of 55 and 54 BC — and this issue dates to the generation that lived through that disruption. Whether the tribe's bronze coinage accelerated, contracted, or continued unchanged in the wake of Roman contact is genuinely debated; the archaeological record from oppida in the region suggests Bronze units of this type circulated alongside Roman Republican bronzes without obvious displacement. Van Arsdell 154-07 is among the more frequently die-linked examples in the series, pointing to concentrated production rather than sporadic issue.