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Potin with boar, torc and globules
| Issuer | Suessiones |
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| Year | 60 BC - 30 BC |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (60 BC - 30 BC) - (fr) DT 530 - ND (60 BC - 30 BC) - (fr) DT 531 - ND (60 BC - 30 BC) - (fr) DT 531 A - |
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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 within living memory of the conquest. This potin type belongs to a period of acute political pressure: the tribe submitted to Caesar in 57 BC following the Battle of the Axona, after which their coinage production likely contracted sharply under Roman administrative oversight.
Potin casting rather than striking was the standard Belgic approach for low-denomination exchange, and the alloy's tin-lead content varies noticeably across the DT 530–531 die groupings.