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Stater 'Cantian G'
| Issuer | Cantii tribe |
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| Year | 45 BC - 40 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A highly stylised Celtic horse advancing to the right, rendered in the dynamic abstract manner characteristic of late Iron Age British coinage. Above the horse, a row of pellets and ringed pellets with annulets are arranged in a curved arc filling the upper field. Below the horse, a decorative ground line composed of a hatched or basketwork pattern. The design is executed in high relief with bold, fluid Celtic artistic conventions typical of Cantian staters of this period. |
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| Edge | Plain (irregular) |
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The Cantii occupied the southeastern corner of Britain — modern Kent — and were among the tribes Caesar encountered directly during his expeditions of 55 and 54 BC. These staters were likely struck in the decades immediately following that contact, a period when cross-channel trade with Gaul was reshaping how British tribal elites stored and displayed wealth. The 'Cantian G' designation distinguishes this die grouping within a broader classification effort that has evolved considerably since Van Arsdell's 1989 corpus.