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BRITAIN. Kent Region. Cantiaci. "Solidus" (ca. AD 40-43). AR unit (12mm, 1.28 gm, 3h). NGC XF 4/5 - 4/5. SOLIDV across plain field, within circular chain pattern, dotted border around / CV-NO, nude male figure standing facing, head left, wrapped in cloak hanging from arms, holding staff in left hand and uncertain circular object (lantern?) hanging from outstretched right hand. ABC 474. Van Arsdell 2073. BMC 1894-5. SCBC 351. Rare! Attractively toned.
Ex KJG Collection of British Celtic Coins (VAuctions 20, 30 June 2017), lot 9; Liz's List (April 2006), 18.
This rare and unusual silver piece bears in Latin letters the word SOLIDV on the obverse, probably a contraction of "solidus," a term that would be applied, centuries later, to the standard Roman gold coin. It is uncertain whether the term applies to the coin itself (anticipating its use in Roman coinage), a place name (perhaps Solidunon, "fort of the sun"), or an abstract expression of firmness or solidity, or possibly as the name of an individual, perhaps a king or military commander. The presence on the reverse of a male figure resembling the image of Neptune on Roman coins of Agrippa has led some to speculate Solidus may be a naval commander, a notion supported by another coin type naming Solidus, which bears a dolphin on the obverse.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD
BRITAIN. Kent Region. Cantiaci. "Solidus" (ca. AD 40-43). AR unit (12mm, 1.28 gm, 3h). NGC XF 4/5 - 4/5. SOLIDV across plain field, within circular chain pattern, dotted border around / CV-NO, nude male figure standing facing, head left, wrapped in cloak hanging from arms, holding staff in left hand and uncertain circular object (lantern?) hanging from outstretched right hand. ABC 474. Van Arsdell 2073. BMC 1894-5. SCBC 351. Rare! Attractively toned.
Ex KJG Collection of British Celtic Coins (VAuctions 20, 30 June 2017), lot 9; Liz's List (April 2006), 18.
This rare and unusual silver piece bears in Latin letters the word SOLIDV on the obverse, probably a contraction of "solidus," a term that would be applied, centuries later, to the standard Roman gold coin. It is uncertain whether the term applies to the coin itself (anticipating its use in Roman coinage), a place name (perhaps Solidunon, "fort of the sun"), or an abstract expression of firmness or solidity, or possibly as the name of an individual, perhaps a king or military commander. The presence on the reverse of a male figure resembling the image of Neptune on Roman coins of Agrippa has led some to speculate Solidus may be a naval commander, a notion supported by another coin type naming Solidus, which bears a dolphin on the obverse.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD