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Silver Unit - Belgae Lambourn Dragon
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 55 BC - 45 BC |
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| Value | Silver Unit |
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| Reverse description | A stylised horse is depicted in left-facing profile, rendered in the abstracted, disjointed manner characteristic of Late Iron Age British coinage, with the body delineated by a prominent transverse belt or bar across its midsection. The limbs and neck are suggested by elongated terminal pellet forms rather than naturalistic anatomy. Occupying the lower field beneath the horse is a prominent ringed spiral or multi-armed swirling roundel, a motif frequently encountered on Atrebatic and Belgic silver units. Additional subsidiary ornaments including pellets, crescents, and curved lines fill the surrounding field, consistent with the decorative vocabulary of the ABC 893 Lambourn Dragon type. |
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| Mintage | ND (55 BC - 45 BC) |
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The Lambourn Dragon type takes its name from a hoard found near Lambourn in Berkshire, within the heartland of Atrebatean territory. These small silver units were struck during the decade bracketing Julius Caesar's two expeditions to Britain — 55 and 54 BC — when Atrebatean leadership under Commios was navigating an increasingly volatile relationship with Rome. Commios had initially served Caesar as a diplomatic intermediary before switching allegiances during the Gallic revolt.
ABC 893 is among the more localized of the Belgic-derived silver types, with a distribution pattern suggesting limited circulation beyond the immediate tribal zone.