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Gold 1/4 Stater - Sam Hilton Wreath / Cross Band
| Issuer | Cantii tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 1-15 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Abstracted wreath design rendered in three concentric lines, the outer two formed of beaded pellet strands, enclosing a central four-petalled floral motif. The composition is characteristic of Late Iron Age Celtic decorative tradition, with the stylised floral element occupying the central field. The design derives from earlier Gallo-Belgic stater prototypes, progressively abstracted through successive die generations. No legend or inscription is present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Cantii occupied what is now Kent — the first part of Britain Julius Caesar actually reached in 55 BC — and continued striking coinage well into the early years of Roman occupation. By the period this stater fraction was produced, the tribe was operating under increasing Roman administrative pressure following the Claudian conquest of 43 AD, making the precise dating of late Cantian issues genuinely contested among specialists. Sills 90 sits in a group whose attribution relies heavily on metal analysis and find-spot concentration rather than any written record.