Silver Unit - Regni Leu Lunar Head

The Atrebates entered Roman historical record when Caesar crossed to Britain in 55 BC — their king Commios had actually served as his ambassador to the island tribes before switching sides. This coin type belongs to the decade of that rupture, minted as Roman military pressure reshaped the political geography of southeastern Britain and forced the Atrebates into increasingly complex negotiations between resistance and accommodation.

ABC 668 is among the smaller denominations of the Atrebatan silver series, struck at a weight already reduced from earlier issues — a pattern consistent with monetary stress during the late pre-Roman period.