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Silver Minim - Verica Running Dog
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 20-25 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Abstract Celtic design centred on a central pellet within a ring, from which four radiating lines extend into the field, creating a cruciform composition. Pellets are positioned within crescent-shaped motifs in the angles between the radiating lines, a characteristic decorative device of late Iron Age British coinage. The design is rendered in the highly stylised geometric manner typical of Atrebatic minims, with bold relief elements on an irregular flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Verica ruled the Atrebates in the decades immediately before the Claudian invasion of 43 AD, and his expulsion by a rival — likely Caratacus — is cited by Roman sources as one of the pretexts Claudius used to justify the conquest of Britain. These tiny fractional pieces circulated in a kingdom already deeply entangled with Roman trade networks, and the stylistic influence is unmistakable even without describing the imagery. ABC 1304 is among the smallest struck coins produced in pre-Roman Britain, with surviving examples frequently showing die misalignment given the near-impossibility of centering a 9mm flan consistently at volume.