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Silver Unit Torc Head Pegasus
| Emittent | Cantii tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Jahr | 50 BC - 25 BC |
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| Währung | Stater |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Stylised Celtic head facing right, rendered in the characteristic La Tène artistic tradition with boldly abstracted features. A pronounced circular eye with a central pellet dominates the upper field, accompanied by an exaggeratedly large ear rendered as a curved relief element to the right. A twisted torc, depicted as a rope-like or beaded collar, encircles the neck in the lower portion of the field. The surrounding field is filled with flowing curvilinear ornament, including spiral and pellet motifs, typical of Cantian Celtic die-cutting. The flan is irregular and the die work is executed in a vigorous, deeply incuse style. |
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| Rand | Plain |
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The Cantii occupied the southeastern corner of Britain — roughly modern Kent — and were among the tribes Julius Caesar encountered directly during his expeditions of 55 and 54 BC. Whether this small silver unit entered circulation before or after that contact is unresolved, but the quarter-century window of its production spans precisely the period when Cantian tribal politics were most fractured, with Caesar's accounts naming at least five separate Cantian kings ruling simultaneously.
ABC 219 is one of the smaller denominations in a series notable for its stylistic debt to Gaulish prototypes, reflecting cross-Channel connections that predate Roman administrative interference.