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Silver Minim - Verica Verica Cornucopiae Eagle
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 25-35 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Two cornucopiae arranged symmetrically flank a central thyrsus (pinecone wand), the whole composition evoking Dionysiac symbolism adapted into Celtic artistic convention. A wine cup is depicted below the central motif, reinforcing the bacchic iconographic program. The design is rendered in the schematic, abstracted style characteristic of late Atrebatic silver minims. The field is bounded by a pellet border following the irregular flan edge. |
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| Mintage | ND (25-35) |
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Verica ruled the Atrebates in the decades immediately before the Claudian invasion of 43 AD, maintaining close ties with Rome — his expulsion by a rival, possibly Caratacus or Epaticcus, is cited by Cassius Dio as one of the direct pretexts Claudius used to justify the conquest. These minims circulated in that charged political moment, struck at weights so slight that production consistency would have been nearly impossible to maintain across a die run.