Cantiaci Amminus AD 30-40 Silver Unit Very rare

Cantiaci Amminus AD 30-40 Silver Unit

Amminus Biga

Bust right. AMMI  in front/ Facing chariot. S E C around

Very rare

some old cleaning marks.

ABC459, 11x13mm, 0.88g

ex G Cottam collection, with label. Recorded on the CCI 92.0994, found Colchester, Essex circa 1992

Amminus, (Friends), was the son of Cunobelinus and was installed to govern Kent and his behalf. When he fell out with his father around AD 40 he fled to Rome to ask Caligula for help. This may have prompted the Roman invasion which later took place under Claudius in AD 43.
Some think that Amminus was the father of Lucullus, governor of Britain under Domitian.