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Potin Unit 'Trinovantian A'
| Issuer | Brittonic, Uncertain tribe |
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| Year | 100 BC - 90 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Sp#62, V#1402-42, ABC#120-32 |
| Obverse description | Highly schematised and deeply cast head facing left, rendered in the characteristically crude Late Iron Age Brittonic style. Facial features are reduced to bold, abstract relief elements, with the eye indicated by a prominent central boss and the nose suggested by a vertical ridge descending through the field. The overall composition is strongly geometric, with concentric raised lines framing the visage, reflecting the degenerate tradition derived from earlier Gaulish prototypes. The flan is irregular and the surfaces bear the textured pitting typical of cast potin coinage. No legend or inscription is present. |
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| Reverse description | Schematised bull butting to the right, rendered in the highly abstract and debased style characteristic of cast Trinovantian potin coinage. The animal's body is depicted as a series of bold curved and linear ridges, with the head lowered in the butting posture and the legs indicated by rudimentary projections below the body mass. A prominent curved exergual line or ground line may be present beneath the figure. The design retains the essential iconographic elements of the bull type ultimately derived from Gaulish prototypes, though greatly simplified through successive casting generations. No legend or inscription is present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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