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Potin Unit Thurrock Chicken Head
| Issuer | Uncertain tribe Brittonic (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 100 BC - 90 BC |
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| Composition | Potin |
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| Reverse description | Severely degraded representation of a bull advancing to the left, the body reduced to a series of curved and linear relief elements characteristic of late Celtic schematisation. A prominent central boss or pellet marks the body of the animal, serving as a vestigial rendering of the musculature or spine. A horizontal exergual line runs beneath the figure, dividing the design from the lower field. No inscription is present; the overall composition reflects the advanced stylistic debasement typical of the Thurrock potin series. |
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| Mintage | ND (100 BC - 90 BC) |
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Thurrock-type potins are among the earliest coins struck in Britain, predating the Roman conquest by well over a century and possibly introduced through trade contact with the Belgic Gaulish communities who produced the Continental prototypes. The "chicken head" designation refers to the progressive abstraction of a Classical head motif through successive generations of casting — by this stage the original source type is nearly unrecognizable, distilled into a handful of pellets and lines. These were cast rather than struck, produced in clay strip moulds that left a characteristic sprue mark on the flan.