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Name or Denominations
Potin Unit
Issuer
Cantii tribe (Celtic Britain)
Ruler
NA
Year of Minting
60 BC - 45 BC
Currency
Stater
Shape
Round (irregular)
Rarity
Ultra rare
Weight
1.1 g
Diameter
12.5 mm
Thickness
NA
Material
Potin
Shape
Round (irregular)
Edge Type
NA
Technique
Cast
Front design
Crude linear outline head or profile right, with neckline and central pellet in ring.
Back design
Crude linear bull, indeterminate direction, central pellet, one crescent above, rightmost leg of bull inverted. Exergual line below.
Year of Minting
60 BC - 45 BC
Ruler
NA
Mint location
NA
Mint mark
NA
Orientation
Variable alignment ↺
Inscriptions
NA
Context
Van Arsdell ‘Dump Type’. Van Arsdell Classification: Cantian E, Adjustment Period . His corresponding vaeriety is: VA 137 - 01 (Middle Dump Type, 45-40BC, Holman G4/6-2): Obverse barely recognizable outline head of Apollo right, pronounced pellet in centre. Reverse barely recognizable bull made up of straight lines, pronounced pellet in centre of coin. Chris Rudd (ABC) ‘Nipples’. David Holman proposes a detailed classification in A New Classification System for the Flat Linear Potin Coinage . These coins correspond with his Group G, which derive from Holman Group F . Holman characterises Group G (Allen Class II) as the latest and most degraded of the series and have a significantly smaller diameter (11.0-14.5mm). Striations appear for the final time in the early stages of the group. The crudity of the designs and number of variants makes detailed classification problematic. Given the variability of the series, Holman suggests a degree of flexibility, where the features given are not taken to be exact. There are four subgroups in Group G, of which this is the fourth: Subgroup G4 is known both with and without a head outline, the latter being more common. There is one crescent above the abstract bull. The defining feature is that the rightmost leg of the bull is inverted (it starts from the exergual line rather than the body line). Coins are 12-13mm and and 0.8-1.2 g. This is the last type in the chronological sequence. The previous type is Holman G3 . The previous group is Holman F .
Rarity
Ultra rare
Coin type
Standard circulation
In circulation
No
Demonetized
Yes
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