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Silver Plated Unit - Verica Cornucopiae Victory Contemporary Counterfeit
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| Year | 25-35 |
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| Currency | Stater |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A seated figure, identified as Victory, shown in profile facing right, holding a spear or staff; an oval shield is depicted behind the figure. The Latin legend VERI to the front and CA to the rear of the figure identifies the issuer as Verica of the Atrebates. A pellet border encircles the design. The style and execution are consistent with a contemporary counterfeit produced to circulate alongside official Atrebatic coinage of the early 1st century AD. |
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Contemporary counterfeits of Verica's coinage are well-documented, produced by forgers working within the same rough timeframe as the official issues — plating a bronze core with silver to pass in circulation among a population that would not have assayed small denominations on the spot. Verica, the Atrebatic king whose appeal to Rome provided Claudius with his pretext for the invasion of 43 AD, ruled a tribe already deeply embedded in Roman trade networks, which meant coined money mattered enough here to be worth faking.