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Silver Unit - Vosenos Vodenos Horse and Griffin

Issuer Cantii tribe (Celtic Britain)
Year 10 BC - 5 BC
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Mintage ND (10 BC - 5 BC)
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Vosenos — almost certainly a regional ruler or sub-king operating within the Cantii territory of modern Kent — is known entirely through his coinage. No Roman source names him, no inscription places him, and his relationship to better-documented Cantian leaders like Dubnovellaunus remains unresolved. The Horse and Griffin type sits within a narrow window when Cantian silver was fragmenting into highly localized issues, each tied to a specific authority whose political reach may have extended no further than a single oppidum.

The ABC 363 attribution separates this from closely related Cantian types by die characteristics rather than weight or module, which makes misattribution common in trade.