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| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 55 BC - 45 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (55 BC - 45 BC) |
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The Atrebates occupied a territory roughly corresponding to modern Hampshire, Berkshire, and Sussex, a region under acute pressure during Caesar's two expeditions to Britain in 55 and 54 BC. Whether these fractional silver pieces were struck in direct response to the increased need for portable, small-denomination exchange during that destabilized decade is debated, but the timing is suggestive. The Danebury hillfort, which gives this type its modern classifier, was effectively abandoned as a major settlement well before this coinage was struck — the name reflects find distribution, not a mint location.