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Silver Unit - Berkshire Abingdon Zoo, Left type
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 55 BC - 40 BC |
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| Currency | Stater |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (55 BC - 40 BC) |
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The Abingdon Zoo types take their collector nickname from a hoard found near Abingdon, Oxfordshire, and belong to the broader coinage tradition of the Atrebates — the tribe whose territory roughly corresponded to modern Berkshire, Hampshire, and Sussex. These small, thin flans were struck during a period when Caesar's two expeditions to Britain (55 and 54 BC) were forcing southern tribal leaders into uneasy diplomatic relationships with Rome, reshaping political allegiances faster than coinage conventions could follow.
The "Left type" designation distinguishes die orientation, a detail that matters for specialists tracking the sequence of issue within this series.