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Silver Unit - Esuprasto Sub Esuprasto Esico Fecit
| Issuer | Iceni tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 35-45 |
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| Currency | Stater |
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| Reverse lettering | ESICO FECIT |
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| Mintage | ND (35-45) |
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The Iceni occupied what is now Norfolk and Suffolk, governing themselves through a loose tribal aristocracy that occasionally struck coinage in their own names — a practice that makes pieces like this one unusually personal documents. The inscription naming Esico as maker ("fecit") is rare on British Celtic coinage and suggests something closer to a craftsman's signature than a royal proclamation. Whether Esico was a moneyer operating under Esuprasto's authority or something more independent is unresolved.
The tribe would later be drawn into catastrophic conflict with Rome under Boudica, around 60-61 AD, after which Iceni coinage ceased entirely.