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Silver Minim - Verica Verica Triadic
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 10-20 |
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| Value | Minim (1⁄200) |
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| Reverse description | A lion passant to right occupies the central field, rendered in the stylised tradition of late Atrebatic coinage. The abbreviated Latin inscription VIR, denoting the issuing king Verica, appears above the lion. Below the main device, a lozenge or diamond arrangement of pellets is flanked by two pellet-in-ring symbols, serving as decorative field ornaments typical of this series. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Verica ruled the Atrebates in the early first century AD as a client king under Roman influence — his father Commius had famously served Caesar before switching sides during the Gallic Wars. These minims, the smallest denomination in the late Iron Age British coinage system, were struck in substantial variety during Verica's reign, suggesting a monetized economy far more sophisticated than Roman writers chose to acknowledge. The triadic type is catalogued across multiple die pairings, none of which survive in large numbers.