Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Conduitt, post: 7985350, member: 109923&quot;]I have a few of those imitative minims, and that is a nice one!</p><p><br /></p><p>For Britain’s first coins, the Cantii (from Kent) copied a Hemiobolion of Apollo from the Greek colony of Massalia (Marseilles), like this:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1385626[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Late 3rd to mid-2nd century BC, Massalia. <b>Bronze, 15mm, </b>3.92g<b>. </b>Head of Apollo left. Bull butting right, MA above (for Massalia). Found near Dover, Kent.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The early Cantii copies are more or less recognizable (and actually larger than the original):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1385627[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Thurrock type, 120-100BC, cast in Kent. Potin, <b>17mm, </b>3.09g<b>. </b>Head of Apollo left. Bull butting right, traces of MA above. Found <b>near </b>Dover, Kent (S 62).</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This style was copied again and again into the next century, developing a little each time, losing detail each time as you would if using a photocopier. This is a ‘transitional’ variety of the Thurrock potin, when both Apollo and the bull were becoming stylized. Apollo’s hairline has become a vertical bar, while the bull is losing its shape and its legs have become wavy lines:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1385628[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Thurrock type, 1st Century BC, Kent. Potin, <b>15mm, </b>2.83g<b>. </b>Head of Apollo left. Bull butting (between S 62 and S 63).</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>The designs became very abstract, with Apollo and the bull unrecognisable. If it hadn’t been for the previous coins no-one would have had any idea what it was meant to depict:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1385629[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>85-50BC, Kent. <b>Potin, 17mm, </b>1.79g<b>. </b>Head of Apollo left. Bull butting right (S 63).</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in