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Bronze Unit Sandwich Five Tails
| Issuer | Cantii tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 50 BC - 25 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | A stylised boar facing left rendered in the La Tène artistic tradition, its body depicted in bold relief with characteristic Celtic abstraction. The field surrounding the animal is densely populated with ring-and-dot ornaments and pellets arranged in a roughly circular pattern, typical of Cantian bronze coinage. The irregular flan edges and the overall design reflect the hand-struck nature of these tribal issues. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Cantii occupied the territory of modern Kent — the corner of Britain closest to Gaul — and were almost certainly trading with and resisting Roman influence simultaneously in the decades this type was struck. Caesar's two expeditions into Britain in 55 and 54 BC forced a nominal submission from several Cantian kings, and the coinage that emerged in the following generation reflects a tribe navigating between indigenous tradition and continental pressure. The "sandwich" construction, with bronze outer layers over an inner core, is a production technique seen across several late Celtic British issues and likely reflects metal economy rather than deliberate debasement.