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Silver Unit - Regni Sussex Helmet
| 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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| Obverse description | Stylised helmeted head facing left, rendered in the flowing Celtic artistic tradition with sinuous curvilinear lines delineating the helmet crest, facial features, and hair. The eye is prominently indicated by a raised pellet within a curved surround. Abstract trumpet and scroll motifs emanate from the head, filling the field in characteristic La Tène decorative style. No legend or inscription is present. |
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| Mintage | ND (55 BC - 45 BC) |
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The Sussex Helmet type emerged from the tribal territory straddling the South Downs during a period of acute political pressure following Caesar's two expeditions to Britain in 55 and 54 BC. Whether the distinctive helmet motif reflects direct exposure to Roman military equipment or a deliberate tribal assertion in response to Roman contact remains debated among Celtic numismatists. ABC 674 is tightly concentrated geographically — findspot distribution clusters around the Chichester basin, the later site of Noviomagus Reginorum, suggesting a localized issuing authority rather than broad inter-tribal circulation.