Regini 1st Century BC Chichester Lyre Silver Unit *Extremely Rare*

Regini

1st Century BC Chichester Lyre Silver Unit

Extremely Rare, 25 known.

ABC 650, 15mm, 1.27g

Struck on a large flan with much detail showing.

Obverse

Diademed head right. Large curls for hair, hook nose, no mouth.

Reverse

Horse right. Crude lyre below. Rings around.

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Provenance

This coin is from The London Collection of Ancient British Coins. For more information click here: The London Collection – Silbury Coins : Silbury Coins.

M Vosper FPL 82, no 2, Jan/Feb 1995. Found Chichester, West Sussex

This coin comes with a previous label.

 

Regni/Regini

The Regni, sometimes referred to as the Regini, appear to have occupied what is today the western portion of West Sussex – their tribal civitas probably underlying what became the Roman town of Noviomagus Reginorum (Chichester). Regnian coinage is characterised not only by its sheer diversity, but also scarcity. Indeed, many of the key types are extremely rare. This is perhaps exemplified best by many of the tribe’s quarter-staters, of which no fewer than forty varieties are listed by ABC.