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- British Museum 1978-0108.171 · 1.09 g · 11 mm · Waltham St Lawrence (BM reg. 1978,0108; Bean 1994, 570-2) (museum, non-commercial licence)
- British Museum 1978-0108.172 · 1.12 g · 12 mm · Waltham St Lawrence (BM reg. 1978,0108) (museum, non-commercial licence)
- British Museum 1978-0108.173 · 1.16 g · 12 mm · Waltham St Lawrence (BM reg. 1978,0108) (museum, non-commercial licence)
- British Museum 1988-0627.840 · 1.24 g · 11 mm · Wanborough, Surrey (BM reg. 1988,0627; Bean 1994, 574-6) (museum, non-commercial licence)
- British Museum 1988-0627.843 · 1.23 g · 11.5 mm · Wanborough, Surrey (BM reg. 1988,0627) (museum, non-commercial licence)
- British Museum 1988-0627.838 · 1.23 g · 11.5 mm · Wanborough, Surrey (BM reg. 1988,0627) (museum, non-commercial licence)
- British Museum 1988-0627.841 · 0.93 g · 11.5 mm · Wanborough, Surrey (BM reg. 1988,0627) (museum, non-commercial licence)
- British Museum 1919-0213.329 · 1.1 g · 12 mm (museum, non-commercial licence)
- ABC ABC0462 (Celtic Coin Index)
- Silbury Coins IAC92 · 1.31 g · 13 mm (sale)
- Silbury Coins o59 · 0.82 g (sale)
- CCI 40 (Celtic Coin Index)
- NUMISTA 463896
Ruler
FreeCaratacus · ruled south of the Thames c. AD 40–43; resisted Rome until captured in AD 51
Caratacus led British resistance to the Roman invasion of AD 43. Cassius Dio names him as a son of Cunobelin, king north of the Thames. Before AD 43 he followed his uncle Epaticcus as ruler of the Atrebatic lands around Calleva (Silchester), and his coins, mostly this eagle , copy his uncle's. After the invasion he fought on in Wales for nearly a decade until Cartimandua, queen of the , handed him over to the Romans; Tacitus records his speech before Claudius, who spared him.,,
Known for Leading British resistance to the Roman invasion from AD 43 until his capture in AD 51, and his speech before Claudius in Rome.
Cunobelinfather, recorded (Cassius Dio); also read from the CVNO legend of his gold stater,
Caratacusthis coin
Togodumnusbrother, recorded (Cassius Dio)
Epaticcusuncle and predecessor south of the Thames, read from coin legends and types (modern reading),
Tasciovanosgrandfather, read from coin legends (Cunobelin's TASCIOVANI F)
People Atrebates and Regni: Modern names for the Iron Age peoples of southern England between the middle Thames and the Sussex coast: roughly today's Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex and eastern Wiltshire, centred on Calleva (Silchester, Hampshire). Caratacus himself came from the , the ruling family north of the Thames (today's Hertfordshire and Essex), and ruled this southern kingdom shortly before the Roman invasion.,,,
Read more: Wikipedia: Caratacus · Iron Age Coins in Britain: ABC 1376 · Wikipedia: Epaticcus · Caratacus: all coins · Atrebates and Regni: all coins
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