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Silver Unit Garrard's Ring Horse
| Issuer | Cantii tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 50 BC - 25 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Stylised diademed head facing right, rendered in the abstracted Celtic artistic tradition. A torc-like curved element frames the ear, and a crescent motif delineates the neckline. A bucranium (ox-skull) appears in the field before the face, accompanied by additional zoomorphic head motifs arranged around the central effigy. The overall composition is characteristic of the disjointed, symbol-rich iconography associated with Cantian silver coinage of the late Iron Age. |
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| Reverse description | A stylised horse prances to the right, executed in the characteristic fragmented Celtic manner. A ringed pellet motif is placed on the chest and haunch of the horse, serving as the diagnostic design element that defines this type. An animal head appears above the horse in the field, while a ringed pellet and a neck torc-like ornament are positioned below. The composition reflects the abstract, symbol-laden reverse design typical of Cantian silver units of the late first century BC. |
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The Cantii occupied the southeastern corner of Britain — roughly modern Kent — and were among the tribes Caesar encountered during his expeditions of 55 and 54 BC. Whether this coinage predates or postdates that contact is unresolved, but the tribe's geographic position meant sustained exposure to Gallo-Belgic monetary traditions before Roman intervention altered local production entirely. ABC 240 is distinguished by the ring ornament treatment, a feature that helps numismatists separate Cantian issues from otherwise similar Kentish neighbors. Dies for this type are known to vary considerably in the execution of that ring element.