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bga_241678 - CANTII - CANTIENS (Area of Kent) Potin au taureau chargeant à droite, fragmentaire

CANTII - CANTIENS (Area of Kent) Potin au taureau chargeant à droite, fragmentaire AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 95.00 €
Type : Potin au taureau chargeant à droite, fragmentaire
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 15 mm
Weight : 0,93 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan mince et patine sombre pour ce potin homogène bien que de faibles reliefs
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Ce potin provient de la collection P. Gendre et est indiqué provenir de Rouvroy-les-Merles (60)

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête géométrique à gauche, l’œil figuré par un annelet central ; bourrelet périphérique.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Restes de taureau chargeant à droite, le corps filiforme.

Commentary


Par rapport à la position de la queue du taureau, il semble évident que le taureau charge à droite ! Cette association d'une tête à gauche et d'un taureau à droit est l'une des plus rare de ce monnayage britannique en potin.

Historical background


CANTII - CANTIENS (Area of Kent)

(1st century BC)

The first mentions of the Cantii would date from the end of the 2nd century BC. They gave their name to Kent. In close relation with the continent, the coinage would begin in the first years of the 1st century BC. Caesar considered them to be the most evolved of the peoples of the island of Britain (BG. V, 13 and 14). During his campaign in Britain Caesar had fought Casivellaunus who had sent messengers to the four kings then reigning in Kent (BG, V, 22). Dubnovellaunos, quoted with Tincommius was a client king of Rome, in the time of Augustus, quoted in the Res Gestæ (RG. XXXII).

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