Potin Unit Rounded Bull / Holman D6

Potin coinage among the Cantii — the tribe occupying what is now Kent — was almost certainly imported in technique from Gaulish neighbors before becoming a distinctly local production. This type, classified by Van Arsdell as 119-01, belongs to the later, reduced-module series; earlier Cantian potins ran heavier, and the progressive weight reduction across the sequence suggests either metal shortages or deliberate debasement as the first century BC wore on. Potin itself — a cast tin-bronze alloy — was never struck on a die in the conventional sense but poured into clay or stone moulds, which accounts for the irregular flans endemic to the type.