1/4 Stater with boat biface

The Morini occupied the coastal marshes and dense forests of what is now the Pas-de-Calais and Belgian Flemish coast — the same territory Caesar described with particular frustration in his Gallic Wars, noting that his campaigns into their lands repeatedly stalled against terrain and determined resistance. They were among the last Belgic tribes to submit, and their coinage reflects a community operating at the edge of Atlantic trade networks rather than the continental interior.

The "boat" motif on this fractional issue is almost certainly connected to cross-Channel commerce, the Morini controlling key embarkation points used by traders and, eventually, Roman invasion forces. The reference spread across DT, LT, and ABC reflects genuine die and type variation within this series — no two sources fully agree on the classification boundaries.