Potin Unit Curved Bull / Holman C2

Features

Issuer	Cantii tribe (Celtic Britain)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	105 BC - 90 BC
Value	Potin Unit
Currency	Stater
Composition	Potin (Cu-Sn-Pb)
Weight	1.9 g
Diameter	16.7 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Cast
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 461981
References	Sp# 63 Standard Catalogue of British Coins (37 volumes).

Series: Flat Linear Potin

Obverse

(en) Outline, very open head of Apollo left, eye ring without pellet, line down the middle of the neck.

Reverse

(en) Outline bull left, one or two crescents separate from tail above. Exergual line below.

Comments

(en)

Allen Type: B.

Van Arsdell ‘Curved Bull’.

David Holman proposes a detailed classification in A New Classification System for the Flat Linear Potin Coinage. This type corresponds with his Group C (Allen B, F1–4, GA and GB, plus the Thurnham type), which derive from Holman Group B.

Holman characterises Group C as having finer flans with neater designs. The head is of an open style and the bull is curvilinear. There is occasionally a central pellet on the reverse but never the obverse. Holman points out that striations (key to the ABC and Van Arsdell classifications) are common but not diagnostic, with coins of identical style occurring both with and without them. The ABC classification, Striations Left (ABC 153) and Striations Right (ABC 156), and Van Arsdell's are therefore both redundant. Given the variability of the series, Holman suggests a degree of flexibility, where the features given are not taken to be exact. There are five subgroups in Group C, of which this is the second:

Subgroup C2 (Allen B): Extremely rare, characterised by a wide open head and a bull of good style. The coins are 16.5-17mm and 1.6-2.2 g.

Next in the chronological sequence is Holman C3. The previous type is Holman C1. The previous group is Holman B and the next is Holman D.

The illustrated coin is in the Portable Antiquities Scheme database (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (105 BC - 90 BC)												(en) C2/1-1 (Allen B): Head left. Bull left

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