Silver Plated Minim - Epaticcus Epaticcus Boar's Head Contemporary Counterfeit

Epaticcus ruled the Atrebates in the decades before Claudius's invasion, steadily pushing east into Catuvellauni territory — a political pressure that likely disrupted trade networks enough to make small-denomination forgery economically worthwhile. Contemporary counterfeits of his minims, struck in plated bronze rather than solid silver, circulated alongside genuine issues and were almost certainly produced locally, not by the tribal mint. At 0.18g, the weight loss from a genuine specimen would have been nearly undetectable by hand.