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Verica Helmeted Victory Right silver unit
Coin 17 · Verica (Southern region: Atrebates and Regni)
A silver unit of Verica, recorded as cf. the Helmeted Victory Right type: a head right on one face and a seated figure on the other.
- Issuer or group
- Verica (Southern region: Atrebates and Regni)
- Metal
- Silver unit
- Date (record)
- AD 10–40
- Catalogue refs (record)
- cf. ABC 1247
- Specimen
- PAS 662295
- Specimen size
- Not in the record. The model is about 13.5 mm across, estimated from the scale in the photograph.
Obverse. Head right with VIRI in front (record). Not reconstructed
Reverse. Figure seated right, holding a branch and a spear (record). Not reconstructed
The only openly licensed photograph of this type is very small (676 by 414 pixels). The as-minted reconstruction is not available until a better CC BY or CC0 photograph is found; both faces are shown plain in the as-minted view.
The record identifies the coin only as 'cf.' (comparable to) ABC 1247.
Features
| # | Feature | Face | As-minted evidence | On the found coin | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Head right | Obverse | Observed in the photo | Partly visible on this find | The outline of a head facing right, in the centre of the face. |
| 2 | Seated figure | Reverse | Observed in the photo | Partly visible on this find | The rough shape of a seated figure, right of centre. |
In the record but not modelled
- Letters VIRI: The record places VIRI in front of the head; we cannot read it at this resolution.
- Branch and spear: Named in the record as held by the seated figure; not separable in the photo.
The found specimen
- Wear
- Moderate; fine detail cannot be judged at this photo's resolution.
- Corrosion
- Dark grey surface with lighter deposits; a bright patch at the right edge of the seated-figure face.
- Strike
- Cannot be judged reliably from this photo.
- Completeness
- Appears complete, with a ragged edge at the upper right of the head face.
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 Stephanie Smith / Sussex Archaeological Society, via the Portable Antiquities Scheme and Wikimedia Commons (file page as retrieved, revision 1086520071), 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: 43cb2250f8678c7144fd7a5405ae0a545f6d79160bf24793fc896760bce2f27a. Retrieved 2026-10-16.