Silver Unit - Belgae Drayton Dragons

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.