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 MA. Cantiaci. c.85-70 BC. Cast bronze unit. 15-17mm. 3.15g. Head of Apollo left/ Butting bull left, M[A] above. ABC 120, VA 1402-1442, BMC 660, S 62. Fine, traces of facial features.                                                   Was £55. Now only £45

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.