Silver Plated Unit - Ale Scavo Ale Sca / Scavo Running Boar Contemporary Counterfeit

Contemporary counterfeits of early Roman provincial or auxiliary coinage are rarely this well-documented by type. The running boar motif places this firmly within a cluster of issues associated with the Catuvellauni or related tribes of southeastern Britain during the Claudian invasion period — a moment when legitimate coinage was under severe strain and unofficial struck pieces circulated alongside sanctioned issues without apparent friction. The plated construction, a bronze core with silver wash, is the defining diagnostic here rather than a defect.