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Silver Unit - Regni Arundel Moon Man
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 55 BC - 45 BC |
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| Diameter | 12 mm |
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| Reverse description | A stylised horse prancing left, depicted in the abstracted Celtic artistic manner characteristic of southern British Iron Age coinage. The horse's body is rendered with curved, flowing lines, its legs suggested by bold strokes. Below the horse, a prominent petalled or rayed ring ornament occupies the lower field, likely derived from a solar or wheel motif. Additional pellets and linear decorative elements are scattered in the field. The flan is irregular, with no legend or inscription present. |
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| Mintage | ND (55 BC - 45 BC) |
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The Arundel Moon Man type takes its name from a concentration of find spots around the Arun valley in Sussex — traditional Atrebatic territory that came under intensifying Roman cultural pressure following Caesar's two expeditions to Britain in 55 and 54 BC. The decade this coin spans is precisely the moment when southern British tribes began fragmenting politically, with client relationships to Rome pulling aristocratic factions apart from within.
ABC 671 is a genuinely scarce variety. Most examples have surfaced through detector finds rather than excavation, leaving their precise deposition context unrecorded.