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Potin Unit Rounded Bull / Holman D1
| Issuer | Cantii tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 95 BC - 80 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Sp#63 |
| Obverse description | Highly stylised linear head facing left, rendered in the abstract Celtic artistic tradition. A prominent concentric eye ring with central pellet dominates the design, serving as the focal point of the facial representation. The facial features are reduced to schematic linear elements with no neckline delineated below the head. The flat, cast flan produces a characteristically irregular surface typical of Cantian potin coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse description | Archaic linear bull striding left, depicted in a highly abstracted Celtic style with minimal but deliberate anatomical detail. The body is rendered schematically, with only one foreleg and one hind leg indicated, and a curving tail extending upward without the separate flanking crescents found on related types. A straight exergual line runs beneath the bull's body, defining the ground line. The overall composition reflects the degenerate evolution of the original Massalian prototype through successive generations of Celtic reinterpretation. |
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| Mintage | ND (95 BC - 80 BC) - D1/1-1: Head left. Bull left |
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