Silver Unit - Verica Smiley

Verica was the last independent king of the Atrebates, and it was his appeal to Claudius — after being driven out by the Catuvellauni under Caratacus and Togodumnus — that Rome used as the formal pretext for the invasion of Britain in 43 AD. These coins were struck while he still held power in the south, decades before that collapse. The "Smiley" designation is a modern collector's nickname derived from a distinctive die characteristic, not ancient nomenclature.