The Cantiaci (perhaps ‘land of the assembly men’), may have comprised four tribes occupying Kent (KE), centred on the Weald and rivers Stour, Medway and Darent. Diviciacos, king of the Suessiones, c.90-70 BC, may have held territory here. Caesar mentions four kings: Cingetorix, Carvilios, Taximagulos and Segovax, c.60-54 BC. Coins minted at the capital, Durovernum (Canterbury), Duno, Sego, and maybe Durobrivae (Rochester).

Thurrock Diagonal.  C.120-100 BC. Cast potin unit. 15mm. 2.00g. Head of Apollo left, thick vertical bar through head./ Stylised bull, thick diagonal bar through bull.  ABC—, VA—, BMC—, S—. Nr VF, boldly cast, dark patina. Found nr. Dover, 2016-19.                                                                                                     Was £110. Now only £95

The Thurrock type were the first regular coinage minted in Britain, directly copied from coins imported from Massalia (modern Marseilles) and are more correctly identified as ‘Kentish Primary Series’ by David Holman and Prof. Colin Haselgrove.