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Silver Minim - Crab Crab Crescent Star
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 10-45 |
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| Value | Minim (1⁄200) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The minims of the Atrebates and Regini represent the terminal phase of southern British Celtic coinage, struck in the years immediately preceding and overlapping the Claudian invasion of 43 AD. Production almost certainly collapsed at that point — not gradually, but as a direct consequence of Roman military occupation rendering indigenous coin issues obsolete almost overnight. At 0.3g, these were the smallest denomination in circulation, likely used for transactions too minor for the quarter stater series.
ABC 1388 is among the rarer minim types. The crab motif appears on several Atrebatic issues and may derive from degraded classical imagery filtered through generations of die-cutting rather than deliberate iconographic choice.