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Silver 1/2 Unit - Belgae Moon Star Chevron
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 55 BC - 45 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Stylised wreath motif rendered in the abstract Celtic tradition, flanked by two opposed crescents on one face. On the opposing surface, a further crescent is accompanied by a central pellet and two cross symbols, arranged in a schematic composition typical of late Iron Age British coinage. The design reflects the geometric, non-figurative artistic conventions employed by the Atrebates and Regini tribes. All devices appear within a plain or pellet-bordered field with no inscriptions present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Atrebates entered the Roman record dramatically — Caesar names Commios, their king, as a trusted envoy sent to Britain ahead of his 55 BC invasion, a diplomatic mission that ended with Commios being seized and briefly imprisoned by the Britons. The tribe's coinage from this decade reflects a community caught between continental Belgic tradition and accelerating Roman interference. Fractional silver like this piece circulated as small-denomination exchange in a monetized economy that was already sophisticated before Caesar arrived, contrary to his own dismissive account of British economic life.