BRITAIN. Regini-Atrebates. Verica (ca. AD 10-40). AV stater (20mm, 5.21 gm, 4h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5. Ca. AD 20-25. COM•F, legend in rectangular incuse tablet / VIR / REX, Celtic warrior on horseback right, brandishing spear with right hand; voided crescent below, hook behind. Van Arsdell 500-1. Seaby 120. Verica, a king of the Atrebates along the southern coast of Britain, apparently ruled from the locale of the later Fishbourne Roman Palace in west Sussex. He seems to have enjoyed friendly relations with Rome. His territories were overrun by Cunobelinus's son, Caratacus, in about AD 40, and Verica's appeal to Rome for help provided the pretext for Claudius' invasion of the island in AD 43.

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