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Potin Unit Thurnham Type
| Issuer | Cantii tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 90 BC |
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| Currency | Stater |
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| Obverse description | Stylised yet relatively naturalistic bust facing left, rendered in outline relief typical of Cantian potin coinage. The head displays schematic facial features including a pronounced nose and chin, with flowing hair indicated by a sweeping curved line arching over the crown and terminating in a scroll or pellet behind the neck. The design derives ultimately from Macedonian prototypes but is significantly abstracted in the Celtic insular tradition. No legend or inscription appears in the field. |
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| Reverse description | A highly stylised bull depicted in outline relief, charging to the left with head lowered and a characteristically elongated, sweeping horn curving upward and forward over the animal's back. The body is rendered with simplified anatomy, the four legs schematically indicated and the tail rising behind. Horizontal ground lines appear beneath the figure in the lower field. The design is aniconic in its late Celtic abstraction, entirely uninscribed, and reflects the degeneration of Massaliote prototypes common to this series. |
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| Mintage | ND (-90) |
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