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Potin Unit Curved Bull / Holman B5
| Issuer | Cantii tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 115 BC - 100 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Highly schematised and degenerate Celtic head facing left (or right on certain die varieties), rendered in the crude, abstract idiom characteristic of late Cantian cast potin coinage. The facial profile is indicated by a bold curved line, with a circular or oval element representing the eye prominently placed in the upper field. A neck line is present on some die varieties (B5/1-1, B5/1-3) and absent on others (B5/1-2); similarly, the lower crescent of the profile is consistently absent across Group B5. The design is entirely uninscribed, executed without a border, and reflects the progressive abstraction of the Thurrock-type prototype through successive die generations. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (115 BC - 100 BC) - B5/1-1: Head left, crude, neck line, lower crescent of profile absent. Bull left, degenerate, barely recognisable, two front legs - ND (115 BC - 100 BC) - B5/1-2: Head left, crude, no neck line, lower crescent of profile absent. Bull left, degenerate, barely recognisable, one front leg - ND (115 BC - 100 BC) - B5/1-3: Head left, crude, neck line, lower crescent of profile absent. Bull left, a curve with two vertical lines below, forked head. Tail a separate line - ND (115 BC - 100 BC) - B5/2-1: Head left, neat. Bull right, degenerate, barely recognisable - ND (115 BC - 100 BC) - B5/4-1: Head right, top crescent of profile merged with head outline. Bull right, degenerate - |
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