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Silver Unit - Verica Verica Head on Spear
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 20-25 |
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| Weight | 1.3 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A standing draped male figure, interpreted as Victory or a deity, is depicted facing slightly to the right in the central field, rendered in a Romanized style with flowing robes and detailed drapery folds. The figure holds a wreath or branch in the left hand and a long spear or sceptre in the right hand, the shaft of which is adorned with a beaded ornament. The legend COMMI is distributed to the left of the figure and F to the right, both in Latin characters, referencing Verica's dynastic descent. A beaded border frames the design along the coin's periphery. |
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Verica ruled the Atrebates during a period of intense Roman cultural infiltration — his coins, unlike those of most contemporaries, adopted Latinized titulature and imagery borrowed directly from Roman provincial issues, suggesting either a client-king relationship with Rome or an aggressive political signal aimed at rivals. This was the tribal coinage of a ruler whose kingdom Rome would later use as the pretext for the Claudian invasion of 43 AD, when a displaced Verica reportedly appealed directly to the emperor for military support.
ABC 1235 falls within a tightly clustered series; die-link studies by Rudd have helped sequence these issues relative to Verica's broader output.