Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 1228. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $480. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CELTIC ENGLAND. Cantiaci (Cantii in Kent). Circa 50-40 BC. AR Unit (0.83 gm). Crossed wreaths & rings type. Crossed-wreath motif, crescents in center / Horse galloping right with huge fetlocks, head turned back; "yoke" below. Hobbs 388; Van Arsdell 1611-1 (Trinovantes); SCBC -. CCI 01.1755. Good VF, irregular edge. Extremely rare, only five others recorded. ($400)

Found near Canterbury, Kent, October 2001. Published in Treasure Hunting, February 2002.

Dr Philip de Jersey says: 'For many years the only known example of this type was BMC 388, found in Suffolk in 1832. The Suffolk provenance led Allen to suggest a north Thames origin, and so it stayed, through Mack and Van Arsdell. The total has now risen to six, of which the three most recent finds have come from Kent. A Kentish origin thus seems probable, although it is difficult to see exactly where this type fits in. The motif beneath the horse is reminiscent of the ‘yoke’ on other early Kentish types (e.g. Van Arsdell 158), but the crossed wreaths are more or less unknown elsewhere on the coinage from this region'.