The Atrebates occupied territory spanning what is now Hampshire and Berkshire, with tribal connections running directly to the Atrebates of Belgic Gaul — Caesar's campaigns in the 50s BC almost certainly disrupted trade networks that had sustained coinage production across the Channel. The Curdridge type takes its name from a hoard findspot in Hampshire, a naming convention common to uninscribed Celtic issues where the issuing authority cannot be confirmed from the coin itself.
Sills 316 places this fractional within a tightly defined die study grouping distinguished by subtle pellet arrangements.
The Atrebates occupied territory spanning what is now Hampshire and Berkshire, with tribal connections running directly to the Atrebates of Belgic Gaul — Caesar's campaigns in the 50s BC almost certainly disrupted trade networks that had sustained coinage production across the Channel. The Curdridge type takes its name from a hoard findspot in Hampshire, a naming convention common to uninscribed Celtic issues where the issuing authority cannot be confirmed from the coin itself.
Sills 316 places this fractional within a tightly defined die study grouping distinguished by subtle pellet arrangements.