Silver Minim - Verica Verica C-Box

Verica ruled the Atrebates in the decades immediately preceding the Claudian invasion of 43 AD, maintaining close diplomatic ties with Rome — he may have been the exiled British king whose appeal to Claudius provided the political pretext for that invasion. These minims, the smallest denomination in the tribal coinage system, circulated at the lowest transactional level and are frequently found as site finds rather than hoard material, suggesting genuine everyday use rather than storage.

The C-Box type is catalogued as a distinct die variety within the broader Verican silver series, reflecting the proliferation of small officinae producing fractional coinage across the southern British tribal territories in this period.