Bronze at bearded type CRICIRV

The Suessiones occupied the Aisne valley in what Caesar described as one of the most powerful polities in Belgic Gaul — their king Diviciacus had reportedly held sway over Britain as well, though that claim is difficult to corroborate archaeologically. This bronze type falls squarely within the period of Roman conquest and its immediate aftermath, when tribal minting in the region collapsed or transformed rapidly under military and administrative pressure. The CRICIRV inscription likely preserves a magistrate's or issuer's name, a practice the Belgic tribes borrowed selectively from Roman monetary convention.