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Silver Unit - Belgae Drayton Dragons
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 55 BC - 45 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A stylised globular horse moving to the left, depicted in the abstract Celtic tradition with disjointed yet dynamic limbs rendered as rounded pellets and curved lines. A crescent accompanied by a ring motif appears above the horse's back, serving as a celestial or decorative symbol. A double ring device is placed below the horse, grounding the composition. The overall design is executed in the highly abstracted insular Celtic manner typical of southern British silver coinage of the period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Drayton type takes its name from the findspot concentration around Drayton in Oxfordshire, placing its circulation squarely within Atrebatic tribal territory during the decades immediately surrounding Caesar's two expeditions to Britain in 55 and 54 BC. Whether the disruption of those campaigns influenced production or hoarding patterns remains debated, but the tight geographic clustering of finds suggests a localised economy rather than wide intertribal exchange.
ABC 890 is among the smaller denominations in the Atrebatic silver series — struck at a weight well below the quarter stater norm, implying a fractional function within a system where larger units rarely survive intact.