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Verica bull and standing figure silver unit
Coin 16 · Verica (Southern region: Atrebates and Regni)
A worn silver unit of Verica: a bull facing right above REX on one face, and a standing figure beside a lance on the other.
- Issuer or group
- Verica (Southern region: Atrebates and Regni)
- Metal
- Silver unit
- Date (record)
- AD 10–40
- Catalogue refs (record)
- ABC 1235 / VA 506 (inferred, needs review)
- Specimen
- PAS 836018
- Specimen size
- Not in the record. The model is about 11.5 mm across, estimated from the scale in the photograph.
Obverse. Bull right, REX in the exergue (the space below the ground line).
Reverse. Standing figure holding a branch, with a head on a lance to the right and COM beside it (record).
The catalogue match (ABC 1235 / VA 506) is our inference from the designs; it is not stated in this specimen's record. It needs specialist review.
Features
| # | Feature | Face | As-minted evidence | On the found coin | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bull | Obverse | Observed in the photo | Partly visible on this find | The bull's body across the middle of the face, with its back along the top. |
| 2 | Bull's head | Obverse | Observed in the photo | Partly visible on this find | The bull's head at the right, turned down and towards the viewer. |
| 3 | Ground line | Obverse | Observed in the photo | Partly visible on this find | A straight line under the bull's feet. |
| 4 | Letters REX | Obverse | Observed in the photo | Partly visible on this find | Letters below the ground line, which the record reads as REX. |
| 5 | Standing figure | Reverse | Observed in the photo | Survives on this find | A draped figure standing at the centre, with long vertical folds. |
| 6 | Lance | Reverse | Observed in the photo | Partly visible on this find | A vertical line of raised dots to the right of the figure. |
| 7 | Branch (probably) | Reverse | Observed in the photo | Partly visible on this find | A long curved line at the left, probably the branch the record mentions. |
In the record but not modelled
- Head on the lance: Named in the record; not clear in the photo, so not marked.
- Letters COM: The record places COM to the right of the lance; we cannot read it on this photo.
The found specimen
- Wear
- Moderate: the bull's outline and the figure's drapery survive, but surface detail is soft.
- Corrosion
- Rough, pitted surface with dark brown deposits, especially on the bull face.
- Strike
- Both designs sit centrally on the flan.
- Completeness
- Complete; slightly irregular outline.
These are descriptions, not grades. Thickness in the model: inferred (no weight or thickness recorded): set to 8.5% of the diameter.
Source and licence
Based on a photograph by Emily Freeman / Birmingham Museums Trust, via the Portable Antiquities Scheme and Wikimedia Commons (file page as retrieved, revision 1071677003), licensed CC BY 2.0. Changes: the two faces were cut out of the photograph, rotated and rescaled to a common frame, and used to make an interpretive 3D reconstruction. Depth, the edge and unseen surfaces are inferred, not measured. The as-minted version is further cleaned, restored and recoloured by us.
SHA-256 of the archived original: a49e2e1489ded96d0539786033be29964d925bf3cd6aea7a58902487394c5296. Retrieved 2026-10-16.