Atrebates Verica AD 10-43 Gold Stater ex Vine Leaf Hoard

Atrebates Verica AD 10-43 Gold Stater

Vine Leaf Viri type

Warrior riding horse right, holding shield and spear C O F around / Vine leaf, VI to left, RI to right.

ABC1193, S121; 17mm, 5.33g

ex Vine Leaf Hoard (AKA Chawton hoard) No. 60, more information on this exciting find can be found here:

The Vine Leaf Hoard (AKA The Chawton Hoard) – Silbury Coins : Silbury Coins

Provenance will be provided, this coin is recorded with the Celtic Coin Index and will be accompanied by a booklet giving further information about the Vine Leaf Hoard. With previous labels.

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Verica, or ‘the high one’ was the third so called son of Commios and was by far the most successful. After Tincomarus and Eppillus divided the kingdom of Commios Verica reunited it and ruled for around 30 years. He became one of the most powerful of the Celtic kings, second only to Cunobelinus. There is little evidence of any challenge to his authority at least until AD 35 when Epaticcus and Caratacus threatened from the north. These threats were perhaps the catalyst for what appears to be the only direct reference to Verica in classical texts where he is referred to as Bericus. Bericus is almost certainly Verica. If Verica was deposed it is possible that his kingdom was restored to him by Claudius shortly before the Romans invaded in AD 43.