Gold Stater - Verica Vine Leaf Tendril

Features

Issuer	Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain)
King	Verica (circa AD 15-42)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	25-35
Value	Stater (1)
Currency	Stater
Composition	Gold
Weight	5.4 g
Diameter	17 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 481237
References	BMC Iron# 1166 Richard Hobbs; 1996. British Iron Age coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , Sills# 365 John Sills; 2017. Divided Kingdoms: The Iron Age Gold Coinage of Southern England. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom.

Series: Vine Leaf Tendril

Obverse

Vine leaf. Short angled line at base of stem (with the bottom to the left), with tendril and two chevrons off it (often missing). Inscription to left and right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: VI - RI

Unabridged legend: Verica.

Reverse

Warrior holding reigns with spear and shield on his back, riding trotting horse with single strand tail and mane of pellets on lines, right. Widely-spaced inscription behind rider, above horse's head and below horse. Pellet border.

Script: Latin

Lettering: C O F

Unabridged legend: Commios Filius.

Translation: Son of Commios.

Comments

1 in the British Museum.
18 in Sills.
The above counts include duplicates.

Sills DK 365 (2 obverse, 2 reverse dies): Southern Coinage; Verica; Staters: Class 5a - Vine Leaf Tendril. The line with tendrils also appears on Cunobelin's Wild A staters (SIlls 556). Both Cunobelin's Wild A (ABC 2777) and Verica's Vine Leaf (Sills DK 366) have a plain-line type without tendril, and the presence of these similar features is unlikely to be coincidence, with the influence likely to be from Cunobelin to Verica. The unusual mane is also on Class 5 VERIC quarters (ABC 1208).

Sills places coins with the VER inscription (instead of VIR) towards the end of Verica's reign. He equates the Vine Leaf Tendril stater with the VERIC quarter (ABC 1208) and the Circles (ABC 1229) and Cross-Boss (ABC 1232) units.

Sills chronology: Gallo-Belgic Ca - Insular Cf / Aa Westerham - British Ad - British Q and L - British Qa-b Derivatives - Commios - Tincomarus - Verica.

The illustrated coin is in the Portable Antiquities Scheme database (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (25-35)

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