Cantiaci Solidus c. AD 40-43 Silver Unit *Extremely Rare*

Cantiaci Solidus c. AD 40-43 Silver Unit

SOLIDV on plain field, chain border/Standing figue left holding staff. CV to left, NO to right

Extremely Rare

ABC474; 12mm, 1.27g

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Provenance

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

M Vosper 1995, found St Albans 1987. Seaby COE 2006 plate coin VA 2073-1

This coin comes with a previous label.

 

Solidv (AD 40–43?)

Just as ‘Sego’ occurs on coins also naming Tasciovanus, so does ‘Solidv’ also appear on coins in conjunction with another ruler’s name – Cunobelin. While initially doubted as securely Kentish products, the distribution of metal-detected finds seems to indicate that they were produced there, though almost certainly not in large numbers. While ‘Solidv’ may refer to the name of a ruler, a local official or even a mint-place, its precise meaning is currently lost to time. It is also plausible that it could represent, as with ‘Sego’, some kind of title. Nevertheless, its occurrence on a coin apparently using an issue of Caligula as a reverse prototype (AD 37–41) suggests a date right at the very end of the Late Iron Age, quite literally a few years prior to Claudius’ invasion.