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Silver Minim - Verica Verica Sphinx Right
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 25-35 |
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| Value | Minim (1⁄200) |
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| Obverse description | Stylised bust facing right, rendered in the abstract Celtic artistic tradition with curvilinear and pellet decoration characteristic of late British Iron Age coinage. The facial features are schematically depicted, with the eye prominently rendered as a spiral or pellet motif. A border of pellets encircles the field. The legend COMM-IF appears around the bust, identifying the issuer as a son of Commios, dynastic founder of the Atrebates. |
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| Mintage | ND (25-35) |
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Verica, a client king of Rome whose name appears on his coinage as REX, was driven from Britain sometime around 40–43 AD — his appeal to Claudius for military assistance is widely cited as the political pretext Rome used to justify the Claudian invasion of 43 AD. These minims, the smallest denomination his mint produced, circulated in a kingdom already deeply entangled with Roman trade networks long before legions crossed the channel.