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Silver Unit Chamberlain Chauchoy
| Issuer | Cantii tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 50 BC - 25 BC |
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| Currency | Stater |
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| Obverse description | Stylised head facing left, rendered in the Celtic artistic tradition with pronounced abstract features; the hair is composed of interlocking sea-horse or serpent-scroll motifs arranged in a distinctive decorative register. An inverted sheep's head appears in the field before the main effigy, serving as a secondary design element characteristic of Cantian coinage. The entire composition is enclosed within a beaded border. The treatment of the portrait reflects the fluid, non-naturalistic aesthetic typical of late Iron Age British coinage. |
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| Reverse description | A horse striding left with head lowered, rendered in the abstract Celtic style; the mane is composed of a series of beaded pellets, the inner rear leg is divided, and the hooves are depicted as globular pellets. Three radiant sun-symbols are distributed about the field — one positioned below the horse and two placed before it — each displaying ten rays with a small annulet or ring terminating one ray, evoking solar or cosmological symbolism. A horizontal exergual line is present beneath the horse, below which a zigzag decorative border runs across the lower field. The overall composition is characteristic of the Cantian silver unit series attributed to the Chauchoy type. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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