Regini & Atrebates Epaticcus c. AD 20-40 Epaticcus Dog and Tree Silver Minim *Extremely Rare*
£750.00
Regini & Atrebates Epaticcus c. AD 20-40 Epaticcus Dog and Tree Silver Minim
Extremely rare, 15 known.
ABC 1361, 14mm, 1.33g
Obverse
Laureate bust right. Ringed pellet in front. Pellet border.
Reverse
Stylised dog right, long tail, pellet joints. Ringed pellet above. Tree behind with pellet joints. Exergual line below with three pellets beneath.
Comments
Sills places the Box Lion unit (ABC 1355) at the start of Epaticcus’s reign, and associates it with the Mini Pegasus (ABC 1373) and Boar’s Head (ABC 1370) minims. This is followed by the Head Lion unit (ABC 1352) which is associated with Interlocking Squares (ABC 1367) and Bull and Eagle (ABC 1358) minims. Next is the Victory unit (ABC 1349) and the associated Dog and Tree minim. The end of his reign is marked with the Eagle unit (ABC 1346) and Helmeted Bust (Dog) minim (ABC 1364). There is only one gold, the Corn Ear Warrior stater (ABC 1343).
Sills chronology: Gallo-Belgic Ca – Insular Cf / Aa Westerham – British Ad – British Q and L – British Qa-b Derivatives – Commios – Tincomarus – Verica – Epaticcus.
See David Woods, “A Roman Republican Prototype for The Animal-Under-A-Tree Types of Epaticcus”, BNJ 82, 2012.
Provenance
This coin is from The London Collection of Ancient British Coins. For more information click here: The London Collection – Silbury Coins : Silbury Coins.
DNW Auction 97, lot 107 (Dec 2011) M Rich coll. Found Wanborough, 1986 ABC Plate coin VA558-1
This coin comes with a previous label.
Epatticus (c. AD 20–40?)
Towards the end of Verica’s rule, it appears to be the case that the Trinovantes and Catavellaunii, under Cunobelin’s guiding hand, began making inroads into other areas of southern Britain. The territory of the Atrebates was just one of these, with Cunobelin’s brother or half-brother Epatticus apparently leading the charge here. Although Epatticus did not manage to conquer all their holdings, coin distributions suggest his dominion extended over a large part of Atrebatic territory by c. AD 25, comprising a broad arc of land running from Chichester in the south to Swindon in the north. Most of these were probably struck at the historic regional capital of Calleva Atrebatum. Despite his successes, upon Epaticcus’s death, somewhere around AD 35, much of the Atrebatic territory taken by him was lost. Epatticus’ coins include some beautiful types, including impressive gold staters where he is styled as ‘TASC[IOVANVS] F[ILIVS]’ – son of Tasciovanus. Much more common (and affordable, for the Celtic collector!) are his silver units of the so-called ‘Epatticus Eagle’ type (ABC 1346/BMC 2024–93), which depicts a lionskin adorned Hercules on its obverse face.
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