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Potin Unit Striations Right
| Issuer | Cantii tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 100 BC - 85 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | A bull advancing to the left, rendered in a bold and deeply abstracted Celtic style. The animal's body is depicted in profile with exaggerated musculature conveyed through strong raised ridges, and the legs are indicated by thick, splayed striation-like lines below the torso. Above the bull's back, two pellets or globular protrusions are visible, likely representing celestial or decorative symbols common to Cantian potin types. The field surrounding the figure is plain and unlettered, with the characteristic irregular cast flan edge visible at the periphery. |
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| Mintage | ND (100 BC - 85 BC) - Bull left - ND (100 BC - 85 BC) - Crossed Striations - ND (100 BC - 85 BC) - Heavy Striations - ND (100 BC - 85 BC) - Medium Striations - ND (100 BC - 85 BC) - Thin Striations - |
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The Cantii occupied the territory now covered by Kent, and their potin coinage — cast rather than struck, an unusual survival of a much older manufacturing tradition — circulated heavily enough that examples turn up regularly in Thames dredging and ploughed Kent fields to this day. The "striations right" designation refers to a specific die characteristic used to distinguish sub-types within this densely produced series, a classification refined largely through Van Arsdell's systematic work in the 1980s.