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Silver Unit - Belgae Newbury Head
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 55 BC - 45 BC |
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| Weight | 1.1 g |
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| Obverse description | Stylised helmeted head facing left, rendered in the Celtic La Tène artistic tradition. The helmet is depicted with pronounced ribbed or crested detailing across the crown. Characteristic J-shaped and curvilinear locks of hair descend from beneath the helmet, a hallmark of the Newbury Head type. The facial features — eye, nose, and chin — are boldly but schematically rendered, with no inscription in the field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Atrebates occupied a territory spanning both sides of the Channel, and the tribal leadership maintained direct political contact with Caesar during his British campaigns — Commius, their king, initially served as Caesar's envoy before defecting and becoming one of Rome's most persistent enemies in Gaul. Coins of this type circulated during that precise window of tension, functioning as much as political currency among allied and rival chieftains as everyday exchange.
The "Newbury Head" designation comes from the concentration of findspots around the Kennet Valley, suggesting a regional distribution tightly linked to Atrebatic territorial boundaries rather than wider trade networks.