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Description:		Silver stater of the Durotriges, struck circa 58BC-45BC.
Category:		Iron Age, Durotriges
Category:		Durotriges

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/coins/iron-age/cantii/cantii-cast-bronze-potin-coin-59115.html Sun, 18 Jan 2026 15:53:33 GMT Cantii  

Description:		Celtic cast bronze (’potin’) coin attributed to the Cantii (or Cantiaci). Designated the 'Angular Bull' type in Ancient British Coinage (ABC). Dated 85-50 BC by Van Arsdell and circa 120-100 BC in the Standard Catalogue of British Coins (2025).
Category:		Iron Age, Cantii
Category:		Cantii

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/coins/iron-age/imported-and-uncertain-british/celtic-potin-coin-gaul-58931.html Sat, 18 Oct 2025 13:27:20 GMT Imported and uncertain British  

Description:		An unattributed Celtic potin coin of northern Gaul, Very worn, obverse almost blank.
Category:		Iron Age, Imported and uncertain British
Category:		Imported and uncertain British

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/coins/iron-age/cantii/cantii-cast-bronze-potin-coin-58918.html Fri, 10 Oct 2025 13:52:31 GMT Cantii  

Description:		A 'Thurrock Type' cast bronze ('potin') coin of the Iron Age. Van Arsdell attributes this type to the Trinovantes, but current numismatic opinion favours the Cantii.
Category:		Iron Age, Cantii
Category:		Cantii

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/coins/iron-age/miscellaneous/iron-age-forgery-58887.html Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:13:43 GMT Miscellaneous  

Description:		A small bronze coin of approximately the same size as a fractional silver unit of the late Iron Age. The obverse appears to depict a Celticised head facing right. The style is somewhat similar to that of certain silver units of the Dobunni (e.g. UKDFD 3101 - see obverse comparison, Image 6), although the findspot is not consistent with the Dobunnic tribal area. The reverse is very unclear, but plausibly depicts a Celticised horse. The coin is most likely a contemporary base-metal forgery, which would originally have been silver-plated.
Category:		Iron Age, Miscellaneous
Category:		Miscellaneous

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/coins/iron-age/cantii/cantii-cast-bronze-potin-coin-58878.html Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:36:49 GMT Cantii  

Description:		A dump type cast bronze ('potin') coin of the 1st century BC, attributed to the Cantii (or Cantiaci).
Category:		Iron Age, Cantii
Category:		Cantii

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/coins/iron-age/cantii/cantii-cast-bronze-potin-coin-58791.html Mon, 25 Aug 2025 20:30:26 GMT Cantii  

Description:		Celtic cast bronze (’potin’) coin attributed to the Cantii (or Cantiaci). Designated the 'Angular Bull' type in Ancient British Coinage (ABC). Dated 85-50 BC by Van Arsdell and circa 120-100 BC in the Standard Catalogue of British Coins (2025).
Category:		Iron Age, Cantii
Category:		Cantii

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/coins/iron-age/corieltavi/corieltavi-silver-half-unit-58707.html Thu, 17 Jul 2025 17:39:25 GMT Corieltavi  

Description:		Uninscribed silver half unit of the Corieltavi. South Ferriby type. Note Van Arsdell lists only the silver unit of this type (horse left), but many examples of the half unit are recorded. The two denominations weigh approximately 1g and 0.5g respectively. ABC lists and illustrates the half unit with a boar on the obverse, but like the present coin, it has been struck with a very worn obverse die.
Category:		Iron Age, Corieltavi
Category:		Corieltavi

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/coins/iron-age/miscellaneous/bronze-unit-carthaginian-empire-58502.html Fri, 14 Mar 2025 16:36:18 GMT Miscellaneous  

Description:		A bronze unit of the Carthaginian Empire, struck circa 4th to 3rd century BC. Although cross-Channel trade had been conducted since the late Bronze Age, the earliest use of coins as currency in Britain - imported coins struck in Europe - is estimated to be circa 125 BC. It seems likely, therefore, that earlier coins, such as the present example, arrived long after they were originally struck, possibly having circulated extensively on the Continent beforehand. Several similar coins are recorded on the PAS database, e.g. KENT-85BE55 and KENT-6EED42. Another Carthaginian bronze coin is recorded as UKDFD 56752.
Category:		Iron Age, Miscellaneous
Category:		Miscellaneous

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/coins/iron-age/cantii/eppillus-bronze-unit-58482.html Tue, 04 Mar 2025 09:23:13 GMT Cantii  

Description:		A bronze unit of Eppillus of the Atrebates, but struck in the Kent region of the Cantii (or Cantiaci). The coin is designated the 'Eppillus Chariot' type in ABC and listed as extremely rare. From ABC: Eppillus 'little horse', son of Commios and self-styled 'king of Calleva' (Silchester), may have ruled in North Kent during approximately the same 15-20 years that he ruled in North Hampshire, minting different coins in each county. Alternatively, he could have moved into Canterbury after his brother Tincomaros had pushed him out of Silchester, prompting the ageing Dubnovellaunos to occupy Colchester. Either way it is feasible that Tasciovanos, king of the Catuvellauni, may have helped Eppillus to take both Calleva and Durovernon, thus advancing his own family's claim to territory south of the Thames.
Category:		Iron Age, Cantii
Category:		Cantii

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