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Verica Cross-boss silver unit
Coin 11 · Verica (Southern region: Atrebates and Regni)
A silver unit of Verica. The record describes two circles with a cross inside and his name around the edge on one face, and a lion with REX on the other.
- Issuer or group
- Verica (Southern region: Atrebates and Regni)
- Metal
- Silver unit
- Date (record)
- AD 10–40
- Catalogue refs (record)
- ABC 1232; BMC 1356–1357
- Specimen
- PAS 793417
- Specimen size
- 12.9 mm across, 1.22 g (from the record)
Obverse. Two concentric circles with a cross inside the larger one; legend VERICA COM[MI F] around (record).
Reverse. Lion with a crescent above its back; legend [REX] (record). Not reconstructed
The Commons file name says 'cross-bow'; the record's description says cross-boss, which we follow.
The reverse lion is not recognisable on this specimen. The as-minted reverse is shown plain and marked as not reconstructed.
Features
| # | Feature | Face | As-minted evidence | On the found coin | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outer circle | Obverse | Observed in the photo | Survives on this find | The larger raised circle in the centre of the face. |
| 2 | Inner circle and central boss | Obverse | Observed in the photo | Survives on this find | A small circle with a raised dot at its centre. |
| 3 | Lettering (right) | Obverse | Observed in the photo | Partly visible on this find | Rounded letter shapes outside the circle on the right. |
| 4 | Lettering (lower) | Obverse | Observed in the photo | Partly visible on this find | Upright letter strokes below the circle. |
| 5 | Strokes (upper edge) | Obverse | Observed in the photo | Partly visible on this find | Short raised strokes along the upper edge. |
| 6 | Animal (worn) | Reverse | Observed in the photo | Partly visible on this find | A faint body shape across the lower middle of the face, with leg-like strokes below. |
| 7 | Raised shape above | Reverse | Observed in the photo | Partly visible on this find | A rounded raised shape in the upper part of the face. |
In the record but not modelled
- Cross inside the larger circle: In the record. Only a short stroke between the circles is visible, so the cross is not marked.
- Letters MI F and REX: Bracketed in the record; not readable on this specimen.
The found specimen
- Wear
- Obverse moderate: circles and some letters survive. Reverse heavy: only faint shapes remain.
- Corrosion
- Grey, granular surface on the reverse.
- Strike
- Obverse design slightly off-centre; parts of the legend run off the flan.
- Completeness
- Complete (record); irregular outline.
These are descriptions, not grades. Thickness in the model: inferred from the recorded weight and outline area, assuming about 10.0 g/cm³ for the broad metal.
Source and licence
Based on a photograph by Amy Potts / The Portable Antiquities Scheme, via the Portable Antiquities Scheme and Wikimedia Commons (file page as retrieved, revision 778015683), 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: ed1e6712a88fbcfebda5976a55a958f75669772bb5cd92d72db4cdc58f1a1e72. Retrieved 2026-10-16.