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Silver Unit - Regni Chichester Chariot Wheel
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 55 BC - 45 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Abstract geometric design composed of three radial bands of beaded lines arranged in a triradiate pattern, with the intervening angles densely ornamented with pellets, crescents, and decorative motifs in the La Tène Celtic artistic tradition. The overall composition fills the flan and exhibits the characteristic curvilinear complexity of late Iron Age British coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Atrebates occupied a territory stretching across modern Hampshire, Sussex, and Berkshire, with Chichester — Roman Noviomagus — later becoming one of their primary centers. This series predates the Claudian invasion by roughly a century, placing it squarely in the period of intensifying cross-Channel contact following Caesar's expeditions of 55 and 54 BC. That contact brought Gaulish coinage conventions into southern Britain rapidly, and the fractured, abstracted imagery on these small silvers reflects a deliberate local adaptation rather than simple imitation.
ABC 701 is a minor series, known from a relatively small number of recorded specimens, the majority of which have emerged from metal detector finds in West Sussex.