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Silver Unit Richborough Rope Head
| 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 head facing right, rendered in the abstract Celtic artistic tradition. The face is characterised by pronounced stalk-form lips, a slender neck, and a prominent mass of thick corded hair depicted as heavy rope-like coils. The surrounding field is animated by a series of zigzag linear ornaments, typical of the decorative vocabulary of late Iron Age Cantian coinage. |
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| Mintage | ND (50 BC - 25 BC) |
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The Cantii occupied the southeast corner of Britain — modern Kent — and were among the tribes Caesar encountered directly during his expeditions of 55 and 54 BC. The "Rope Head" types are thought to post-date that contact, possibly reflecting disrupted trade networks and political fragmentation among the Cantii's constituent groupings in the decades following Roman intervention. Richborough, the findspot type is named for, sits at what was then a major channel crossing point, and the concentration of finds there likely reflects economic activity at that crossing rather than any mint proximity.