bga_513743 - CANTII - CANTIENS (Area of Kent) Potin au taureau chargeant

CANTII - CANTIENS (Area of Kent) Potin au taureau chargeant XF

Not available.
Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 180.00 €

Type : Potin au taureau chargeant

Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.

Metal : potin

Diameter : 20 mm

Orientation dies : 9 h.

Weight : 2,55 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Beau potin avec des motifs bien visibles. Patine foncée

Catalogue references :

LT.9541 var. - BIAC.- var. - VA.131-1

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

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

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse description : Restes de taureau chargeant, le corps filiforme ; la queue relevée au-dessus du dos.

Commentary

Avec une tête à gauche et ce type de revers, ce potin est très rare ; il correspond au type 131-1 du Van Arsdell (qui est nettement moins beau) et il manque au BIAC.

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).