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Silver Unit Cantian Wine Carriers
| Issuer | Cantii tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 50 BC - 25 BC |
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| Value | Silver Unit |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (50 BC - 25 BC) |
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The Cantii occupied the territory of modern Kent, positioned at the primary crossing point between Britain and Gaul. Their coinage emerged partly from the wine trade — amphorae imported from the Roman world were a prestige commodity among the southeastern British tribes, and the social networks built around that trade accelerated the adoption of coinage as a medium among elites who already understood its function from continental dealings.
ABC 231 is among the smaller denomination issues attributed to this tribe. The "Wine Carriers" attribution reflects scholarly inference about the mercantile class thought to have commissioned or circulated this type.