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Gold 1/4 Stater - Verica Little Horse Stepping
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 10-20 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | COMF (Translation: Son of Commios.) |
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| Reverse lettering | VI |
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Verica ruled the Atrebates in the decades immediately preceding the Claudian invasion of 43 AD, and Roman sources suggest it was partly his appeal to Rome — after being ousted by Caratacus — that gave Claudius his political pretext for conquest. These fractional gold pieces circulated in a tribal economy where coin use remained largely tied to elite exchange, gift-giving, and the payment of warriors rather than everyday commerce. The horse type on these quarters echoes Macedonian prototypes transmitted through generations of stylistic drift across Gaul and into southern Britain.