Cantiaci Sam c. AD 1-10 Sam Griffin Silver Unit Very Rare

Name: Cantiaci Sam c. AD 1-10 Sam Griffin Silver Unit *Very Rare*
SKU: IAC224
Price: 2250.00 GBP
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£2,250.00

Code: IAC224

Cantiaci

Sam c. AD 1-10 Sam Griffin Silver Unit

Very rare, 16 known.

ABC 369, 14mm, 1.18g

Good silver and much eye appeal.

Obverse

Laureate head left. SA inscription before.

Reverse

Griffin left, looking back. Ring-pellet above. SA inscription below.

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Comments

Sills DK 90: Coinage of Kent, Dubnovellaunos, Vosenos and Sam; Type: Sam Issues; Silver. The bust seems derived from Eppillus’s Carnyx (ABC 399), although much more stylised, which suggests Sam’s coinage was alongside or after Eppillus’s, although it may not be copied from it at all. The filigree around the neck of the griffin comes from the Dubnovellaunos Serpent Griffin (ABC 330). Cunobelin’s Ram-headed Serpent (ABC 2915) has a similar griffin.

Provenance

This coin is from The London Collection of Ancient British Coins. For more information click here: The London Collection – Silbury Coins : Silbury Coins.

C Rudd FPL 78, no 19. Found Springhead, Kent. CCI 04.2149.

This coin comes with a previous label.

Sam (AD 1–10?)

Potentially contemporary with the end of Dubnovellaunos’ reign, and perhaps also Vosenos, is another Kentish ruler known only from his coins – Sam. This charmingly modern-sounding name is probably an abbreviation of something longer, appearing mostly as ‘SA’ on the small number of coins he issued. Although ABC lists only five types for Sam, numbering three of bronze and two of silver, a gold stater stuck in his name was found about a decade ago near Deal, Kent. The latter coin is unique, though gives hope that further finds might emerge (and with them, further information), shining a little more light on precisely who ‘Sam’ was.

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