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Potin Unit Curved Bull / Holman C2
| Issuer | Cantii tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 105 BC - 90 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylised and abstracted head facing left in the Celtic artistic tradition, rendered in cast potin with bold schematic lines. The facial features are reduced to a circular eye motif surrounded by curved lines suggesting hair or a wreath, with sweeping arcs emanating from a central boss. The design is characteristic of the Cantian potin series, showing the progressive abstraction of a classical head prototype. Multiple curved lines radiate outward within the rounded, irregular flan, typical of the Holman Group C2 variety. No legend or inscription is present, the entire field being occupied by the geometric figural motif. |
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| Mintage | ND (105 BC - 90 BC) - C2/1-1 (Allen B): Head left. Bull left |
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Potin coinage among the Cantii was locally cast rather than struck, a production method that sets it apart from virtually all contemporary Continental issues. The Holman C2 classification distinguishes a specific casting variation within a broader typological sequence that took decades for scholars to untangle — earlier researchers lumped many of these together until die and composition studies allowed finer separation. The alloy itself, a tin-bronze mix, was sourced and smelted locally in southeast Britain, and trace-element analysis has helped map rough production zones across what is now Kent.