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Eppillus King. Sills class 2, Rex. Cantiaci. c.AD 1-15. Celtic gold quarter stater. 10mm. 1.30g.
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Eppillus King. Sills class 2, Rex. c.AD 1-15. Gold quarter stater. 10mm. 1.30g. COM F in panel across two opposed knobbed neck-rings and two ‘light bulbs’./ Well modelled horse prancing left, EP above, REX below, beaded border. ABC 396, VA–, BMC–, DK 116, S–. CCI 24.3151 (this coin), PAS: PUBLIC-92C1E5 (this coin). Near EF, rose gold, well centred, bold horse, crisp inscription. Found Hoath, Kent, 4 August 2024. EXCESSIVELY RARE only two others recorded.
This is only the third example of ABC 396 on record, all found in Kent. It is struck from a different pair of dies from the other two, that were die-duplicates of one another, and from a different batch, perhaps on a separate occasion: same artist, same lettering style, but this horse is more finely modelled, and is given a dotted mane (cf. ABC 399, Eppillus’ carnyx silver unit, with his portrait). EP REX was a personal title that Eppillus took with him from Calleva (EPP REX CALLE: ABC 1160), leaving the town with its Atrebatic nobility as a vibrant inland trading hub and district dependency of his brother Tincomarus’ southern kingdom (cf. notes on Lot 16). Now, in his new, more valuable, and permanent realm in Kent, he proclaims his proud descent from Commios: same man, same responsibilities. Latin REX signifies the emperor Augustus 'policy of dealing on forceful, if preferential, terms with selected foreign kings who, in Britain, would oversee large-scale maritime trade in slaves and strategic supplies for Roman Gaul, in exchange for wine and other luxuries. At this point in time, c.AD 5-10, we know of precisely three such kings from their coin inscriptions: Cunobelinus north of the Thames, Tincomarus in West Sussex and Hampshire, and Eppillus, first in Calleva (setting up an inland network?), then in north Kent, where it seems he was put in to administer territories with sitting district rulers, including Vosenos and Sam - without, it seems displacing them. Hence, here, we see Sam’s Cross Band insignia (DK 89, 90, cf ABC 72) replicated, but overlaid with Eppillus’ COM.F tablet on the obverse: literally, Eppillus over Sam – a strong and able overlord in both of his commands.
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Eppillus King. Sills class 2, Rex. c.AD 1-15. Gold quarter stater. 10mm. 1.30g. COM F in panel across two opposed knobbed neck-rings and two ‘light bulbs’./ Well modelled horse prancing left, EP above, REX below, beaded border. ABC 396, VA–, BMC–, DK 116, S–. CCI 24.3151 (this coin), PAS: PUBLIC-92C1E5 (this coin). Near EF, rose gold, well centred, bold horse, crisp inscription. Found Hoath, Kent, 4 August 2024. EXCESSIVELY RARE only two others recorded.
This is only the third example of ABC 396 on record, all found in Kent. It is struck from a different pair of dies from the other two, that were die-duplicates of one another, and from a different batch, perhaps on a separate occasion: same artist, same lettering style, but this horse is more finely modelled, and is given a dotted mane (cf. ABC 399, Eppillus’ carnyx silver unit, with his portrait). EP REX was a personal title that Eppillus took with him from Calleva (EPP REX CALLE: ABC 1160), leaving the town with its Atrebatic nobility as a vibrant inland trading hub and district dependency of his brother Tincomarus’ southern kingdom (cf. notes on Lot 16). Now, in his new, more valuable, and permanent realm in Kent, he proclaims his proud descent from Commios: same man, same responsibilities. Latin REX signifies the emperor Augustus 'policy of dealing on forceful, if preferential, terms with selected foreign kings who, in Britain, would oversee large-scale maritime trade in slaves and strategic supplies for Roman Gaul, in exchange for wine and other luxuries. At this point in time, c.AD 5-10, we know of precisely three such kings from their coin inscriptions: Cunobelinus north of the Thames, Tincomarus in West Sussex and Hampshire, and Eppillus, first in Calleva (setting up an inland network?), then in north Kent, where it seems he was put in to administer territories with sitting district rulers, including Vosenos and Sam - without, it seems displacing them. Hence, here, we see Sam’s Cross Band insignia (DK 89, 90, cf ABC 72) replicated, but overlaid with Eppillus’ COM.F tablet on the obverse: literally, Eppillus over Sam – a strong and able overlord in both of his commands.
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