Regini 1st Century BC Ashdown Forest Helmet Silver Unit *Very Rare*

Regini

1st Century BC Ashdown Forest Helmet Silver Unit

Very Rare

ABC 662, 12mm, 0.91g

Obverse

Helmeted head right (helmet with crest), lentoid eye, boss on chin. Pelleted cogwheels around.

Reverse

Annulate horse right, ringed pellets on chest and rump. Hidden face (a line and small rings) above. Wheel and small ring below. Pellets around head.

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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 PT, 23.05.1995. possibly Spink COE 1996 plate coin (unconfirmed).  VA264

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.