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Silver Unit - Verica Verica Star Boar
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 10-20 |
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| Value | Silver Unit |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (10-20) - VA 470-03: VIRI - ND (10-20) - VA 470-05: VI and pellet, with exergual line - ND (10-20) - VA 470-07: VIR - |
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Verica was the son of Commius — the Atrebatic king who had served Caesar as an envoy before spectacularly switching sides during the Gallic Wars. By the time Verica issued this unit, Roman cultural influence was saturating southern British coinage, and his dynasty was leaning hard into that relationship. When he was eventually expelled from power around 40 AD, likely by Caratacus and the Catuvellauni, Verica fled to Rome and petitioned Claudius directly — an appeal that provided the immediate political pretext for the Roman invasion of Britain in 43 AD.