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

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

Laureate head left, SA in front/Griffin left head turned back and SA below

Very Rare

ABC369; 14mm, 1.05g

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Struck in good silver with little wear, a premium coin. 14 known.

Provenance

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

G Cottam collection 2015, M Vosper 2009, found Kent

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.