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Name or Denominations
Potin Unit
Issuer
Cantii tribe (Celtic Britain)
Ruler
NA
Year of Minting
115 BC - 100 BC
Currency
Stater
Shape
Round (irregular)
Rarity
Ultra rare
Weight
2.0 g
Diameter
17 mm
Thickness
NA
Material
Potin
Shape
Round (irregular)
Edge Type
NA
Technique
Cast
Front design
Very crude outline head of Apollo left or right, eye ring without pellet, no line down the middle of the neck.
Back design
Veru crude outline bull right, one rear leg (which joins the exergual line), one front leg, tail is a separate crescent.
Year of Minting
115 BC - 100 BC
Ruler
NA
Mint location
NA
Mint mark
NA
Orientation
3 o'clock ↑→
Inscriptions
NA
Context
Van Arsdell ‘Curved Bull’. David Holman proposes a detailed classification in A New Classification System for the Flat Linear Potin Coinage . This type corresponds with his Group B2, which derives from Group A . Holman characterises Group B as having true linear designs on both obverse and reverse, together with broad, flat and rough flans (although Group B1 retains the thick-bodied bull). There is an eye ring and usually a vertical line through the neck. There is rarely a central eye pellet. The curvilinear bull initially has two rear legs, but later types have only one rear leg which curves round to form an exergual line. The head of the bull is now a front leg. Striations very occasionally appear. Given the variability of the series, Holman suggests a degree of flexibility, where the features given are not taken to be exact. There are six subgroups in Group B, of which this is the sixth: Subgroup B6 is extremely rare, characterised by a right-facing bull merged with the exergual line, consisting of no more than a long curved line with a solitary short line hanging from the top of the curve, and one separated crescent above. Apollo's head is so crude it may not be obvious which way it faces. They are 15.5–17mm and 1.7–2.1g. Next in the chronological sequence is Holman C1 . The previous type is Holman B5 . The previous group is Holman A and the next is Holman C . The illustrated coin is in the Portable Antiquities Scheme database ( CC BY-SA 4.0 ).
Rarity
Ultra rare
Coin type
Standard circulation
In circulation
No
Demonetized
Yes
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