Celtic Britain: Cantii, uninscribed, AR unit, 50-30 BCE
| OBVERSE: | Diademed Celtic head right with large curls of hair and large pointed nose. |
| REVERSE: | Globular horse right with long curly, snake-like tail, delta, infinity sign, wheel and triskele above, lyre below |
| GRADE: | Near EF, 1.49 gm; class A; very rare |
| ATTRIBUTION: | VA- ; CCBM- ; DLT- |
| COMMENT: | Only one segment of the trikeles is present above the horses head. Only 1 is known showing all 4 symbols completely above the horse. See Rudd list 15, lot 14:
Class A, lyre leans right; class B, lyre leans left: See BNJ 1992; though the tribe is uncertain, find spots are consistent with the Cantii |
| PROVENANCE: | Found in Sussex in 1995; ex Chris Rudd |
