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FeaturedPAS 7999165.23 g · 15.5 mmPhoto: Hampshire Cultural Trust, Katie Hinds, 2016-09-09 11:08:03 / The Portable Antiquities Scheme, via Wikimedia CommonsCC BY 2.0 For members
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Verica · c. AD 10–40
King south of the Thames; son of Commius on coins
Verica ruled the and south of the Thames from about AD 10 to about AD 40, from a kingdom centred on today's Sussex and east Hampshire. His coins call him a son of Commius (COM F), and on this he also takes the Latin title , 'king'. He is almost certainly the 'Bericus' who, Cassius Dio says, was driven out of Britain by an uprising and persuaded the emperor Claudius to invade in AD 43.,,
Known for Issuing one of the largest and most Roman-looking coinages of Iron Age Britain, and, as 'Bericus', appealing to Claudius before the Roman conquest.
Family and links
- Verica: the ruler of this coin · on the timeline
- Commius: father, as his coins claim (COM F); Commius himself is recorded by Caesar as king of the Atrebates of Gaul; read from coin legends (Commius recorded), · on the timeline
- Tincomarus: earlier king of the same people, also styled son of Commius, whose stater has the same COM F tablet; read from coin legends, · on the timeline
- Epaticcus: rival from north of the Thames whose staters were buried with Verica's in the Chawton hoard; one reading, · on the timeline
People Regini and Atrebates: Modern names for the Iron Age peoples of southern England south of the middle Thames, roughly today's Hampshire, Sussex, Surrey and Berkshire, with centres at Calleva (Silchester) and Noviomagus (Chichester). Catalogues treat their coins as one series.,,
Read more: Wikipedia: Verica · Iron Age Coins in Britain: ABC 1190 · PAS record 799916 (featured coin) · Verica: all coins · Atrebates and Regni: all coins
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