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Potin Unit Angular Bull / Holman F3
| Issuer | Cantii tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 75 BC - 55 BC |
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| Technique | Cast |
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| Obverse description | Schematised outline bust of Apollo facing left or right, rendered in the abstract Celtic linear style characteristic of Cantian potin coinage. The head is depicted as a simplified open form without a neck line, with the facial features reduced to geometric elements. Depending on the die variety, an eye pellet may or may not be present within the outlined head. The design derives ultimately from Massaliote prototypes but has been progressively abstracted through successive generations of Celtic die-cutting. |
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| Mintage | ND (75 BC - 55 BC) - F3/3-1 (Allen H3): Head right, no eye pellet. Bull left, tail may be slightly curved - ND (75 BC - 55 BC) - F3/3-2: Head right, with eye pellet. Bull left, tail is usually straight - ND (75 BC - 55 BC) - F3/4-1: Head right, no eye pellet. Bull right, tail at an angle to the leg, body is straight - ND (75 BC - 55 BC) - F3/5–1: Head left, with eye pellet. Bull indeterminate direction, straight lines, tail-like projection at both ends - |
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The Cantii occupied the territory of modern Kent and were among the tribes Caesar encountered directly during his expeditions of 55 and 54 BC — making this coin potentially contemporary with the first Roman boots on British soil. Potin, a cast tin-bronze alloy, was the dominant coinage technology among the Cantii before struck silver became widespread, and the angular bull type is one of the more stylistically degenerate terminal forms in the sequence, suggesting late production within the series.
Holman's typology places F3 toward the end of the casting sequence based on fabric degradation and module reduction across known examples.