Regini 1st Century BC Death Mask Silver Unit *Excessively Rare*

Regini 1st Century BC Death Mask Silver Unit

Excessively Rare

ABC 707

11mm, 0.87g

Obverse

Skull-like facing death mask with pelta-shaped forehead and crest of crescentic scrolls. Ringed pellets around.

Reverse

Scissor-head horse left. Spoked wheel above. Two vertical rods below.

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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.

C Rudd FPL 104, no 19.

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.