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LM42966

Ancient British, Cantiaci, Gold Quarter-Stater.

Regular price £950
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Ancient British, Cantiaci, gold Quarter-Stater, first century BC, obverse plain, thin lines radiate at the peripheries, rev. tree-like trophy, 1.33g (ABC 189 [very rare]; BMC-; S - cf 47). Extremely fine.

A number of ancient British quarter-staters share this reverse design, here described as a tree-like trophy (ABC 189). Elsewhere the trophy is more recognisable and is described as a stylized Roman trophy (ABC 195). Elsewhere again, the type has devolved much more and is described as a tree-like object, no longer a trophy (ABC 40).

If the type devolves from a coin like ABC 195 through to ABC 192; ABC 189 and onwards to types like ABC 49; ABC 46; ABC 43 etc. then consider images of trophies on Roman Republican denarii such as Crawford 452/2; 482/1; 468/1 and 2; 503/1; 536/4 as potential prototypes. This would show contemporary influence on Celtic coins from Roman coins whereas we more commonly refer to the influence of the Greek series. In both cases the types quickly devolve from their prototypes suggesting the coins were used predominantly within the Celtic economy and no longer needed to look Greek or Roman.

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