★ From the Chawton Hoard ★

Britannia, the Atrebates. Verica AV Stater. Circa AD 10-40. 'Warrior Rex' type. COM•F on incuse rectangular tablet / Warrior riding to right, holding spear; VIR behind, REX below. ABC 1190; Van Arsdell 500; BMC 1155-8; SCBC II 120; Celtic Coin Index 11.1334 (this coin). 5.29g, 17mm, 10h.

Extremely Fine.

This coin published by University of Oxford, Celtic Coin Index: https://cci.arch.ox.ac.uk/id/CCI-11.1334;
From the Peaker Collection of Ancient British Coins;
Ex Chris Rudd, Auction 152, 10 April 2017, lot 13;
Ex George Wentworth Collection, bought directly from the original finder;
Ex Chawton 'Vine Leaf' Hoard, found in Hampshire, 2011-12. Submitted for consideration as Treasure and returned to the finders. PAS ID: HAMP-6DFB33, Coin No. 13.

Between 22 October 2011 and 7 January 2012, 105 gold coins were discovered by metal detectorists near Chawton in Hampshire. All are types produced AD 10-45, the majority struck for Verica, a local Celtic king and Roman ally who ruled in central southern England. His appeal to Emperor Claudius instigated the Roman invasion of Britannia in AD 43.