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Dvromernum Cantiacorvm, the Cantiaci tribal capital, was served by a port three miles down the Stour at Fordwich. Amminus (Adminius) apparently minted a coin with a Durovernon mint-mark. The capital was located in Canterbury and their territory was Cantium now known as Kent. Caesar thought them the most civilized tribe in Britain, and recorded four kings, each ruling a minor kingdom; Cingetorix, Carvilius, Taximagulas, Segovax. Strong Belgic influence.

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Cantii 'Trophy' S Type Gold Quarter Stater 011651

Extremely Rare Cantii 'Trophy' S Type Gold Quarter Stater
Gold, 1.41 grams; 13.35 mm. Circa 40 BC. Obverse: Plain with S in centre. Reverse: Stylized Roman trophy with pellet lines and cross hatched panels on both sides, sun and other motifs below. Celtic Coin Index Registration Number at Oxford University: CCI 08.8887. S 47 variant; VA 145-147. Extremely fine.

Dr John Sills of the Celtic Coin Index at Oxford University writes: “13 other examples are known of this Essex type, the companion quarter to the SS type staters, VA 1509-1. Faint banding on the obverse shows Kentish influence; possibly struck in a part of Essex controlled by Kent for a time; the derivation of the reverse from Gallo-Belgic D indicates an early date, probably in the 40s BC.”

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Dubnovellaunus (Late 1st Century BC.)

Perhaps one of several kings of the Cantiaci in the latter half of the first century BC., but certainly the first to issue inscribed coins. Towards the end of his period of rule, before the coins of Eppillus appeared on the scene in the initial years of the first century AD., other nobles issued inscribed coinage in Cantium. He could feasibly have been the second suppliant British king mentioned in the Augustan records.

Dubnovellaunus 011643

Extremely Rare Dubnovellaunus in Kent 'Horned Beast' Silver Unit
Silver, 0.84 grams; 13.20 mm. Circa 17-10 B.C. Obverse: Horned animal left within rope style boarder, fan-like object above animal and pellet in ring motif below. Reverse: Metal worker seated left on cushion holding hammer, pellet in ring motif in front with DVBNO behind. Celtic Coin Index Registration Number at Oxford University: CCI 98.2328. VA 178-1; S 180. Extremely fine and recorded as extremely rare in Van Arsdell’s Celtic Coinage of Britain. Found Kent.

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Celtic Coin Book References:

S = Coins of England and the United Kingdom
M = R P Mack, The Coinage of Ancient Britain
VA = R D Van Arsdell, Celtic Coinage in Britain
BMC = D Allen & R Hobbs, British Museum Catalogues
GEB = J Sills, Gaulish and Early British Gold Coinage
LT = S Gouet, M Prieur & L Schmitt, La Tour
CCI = Celtic Coin Index at Oxford University
WW = Wildwinds.com (reference & attribution site)


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