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Silver Minim - Epaticcus Bull and Eagle
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 35-43 |
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| Value | Minim (1⁄200) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (35-43) |
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Epaticcus ruled the Atrebates in the decades immediately before the Claudian invasion of 43 AD, during a period when his kingdom was actively encroaching on Catuvellaunian territory — a political pressure that makes the very survival of a functioning mint here remarkable. Minims of this scale were almost certainly not general-purpose coinage; at 0.2g they approach the lower physical limit for intentional silver striking, and their precise economic function remains genuinely unresolved among Iron Age specialists.