Bronze with horse and rings

The Suessiones occupied the Aisne valley in what is now Picardy, and Caesar identified them as among the most powerful of the Belgic tribes — their king Diviciacus had once commanded authority over much of Britain as well. Their bronze coinage was struck in the decade that ended with Caesar's systematic reduction of the Belgic confederacy, culminating in the siege of Bratuspantium around 57 BC, after which the tribe submitted without significant resistance.

The ring motifs on this type are characteristic of late Gaulish bronze production in the region, likely a simplification driven by die-cutters working under increasingly disrupted conditions as Roman military pressure intensified.