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Silver Unit - Regni Crescent Lyre
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 55 BC - 45 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central cogwheel or roulette motif with a raised central pellet, enclosed within a circular pellet ring. Surrounding the central device are nine plain crescents arranged radially in the field, rendered in a characteristically fluid Celtic La Tène style. The flan is irregular and slightly convex, with the design elements boldly modelled in high relief. No legend or inscription is present, consistent with pre-Roman British coinage of the period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Atrebates arrived in southern Britain as part of the Belgic migrations from Gaul, bringing with them a coinage tradition already shaped by contact with Mediterranean monetary systems. Their silver units circulated across the territory between the Thames and the south coast during precisely the period Caesar was making his two expeditions to Britain — 55 and 54 BC — meaning these coins were in active use when Roman forces first encountered the tribe.
ABC 710 is attributed to the Regni subgroup, distinguished by the crescent and lyre combination that developed as local die-cutters progressively abstracted inherited Gaulish designs. The fabric is typically irregular, cut from cast bar rather than drawn wire.