Bronze Unit - Eppillus Square Eagle

Eppillus is one of the few late Iron Age rulers in Britain to have styled himself REX on his coinage — a deliberate adoption of Roman titulature that almost certainly reflects personal dealings with Augustus's court. He ruled in Kent after apparently displacing Tincommius from Atrebatic territory, then extended his reach into Cantium, making this issue a product of political transition as much as monetary need. The chronology of his reign overlaps almost exactly with Rome's consolidation of client-king relationships across southern Britain in the years before Claudian invasion became conceivable.