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Silver Minim - Verica Verica Running Boar
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 20-25 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (20-25) |
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Verica ruled the Atrebates in the decades immediately before the Claudian invasion of 43 AD, and his coins are among the clearest evidence that southern British elites had absorbed Roman political habits — he styled himself REX on his coinage, a title with obvious Roman resonance, and almost certainly maintained client-king relations with Rome. These minims, the smallest denomination in his series, circulated at the lowest level of economic life and were produced in quantity despite their negligible silver content.
The running boar type corresponds to Van Arsdell 510-05, a variety documented across a relatively tight find distribution concentrated in Hampshire and West Sussex — broadly consistent with the Atrebatic heartland around Calleva Atrebatum.