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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 1337358, member: 5682&quot;]First the background:</p><p><br /></p><p>The Celtic-British tribe, the Atrebates, had become an ally of the Romans after their defeat on the continent by Julius Ceasar in 55 BCE.&nbsp; By the early 40s, the Artrebates and their king, Verica, had become Rome’s client kingdom in Britain.</p><p><br /></p><p>Verica’s Artrebate kingdom was overrun in the early AD 40s by the Catuvellauni under Cunobelin and his son, Caratacus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Verica fled to Rome, appealing to their ally and patron Rome for help. This gave the Roman Emperor Claudius the pretext to invade Britain in AD 43.</p><p><br /></p><p>While reviewing a current Heritage auction, I found these coins interesting. </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin from the Atrebates, who were Rome’s client kingdom, has a picture of a vine leaf. This would be consistent with a people that held Rome and its influence favorably (wine instead of beer, for example).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]153555.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The Catuvellauni were less friendly with Rome. The obverse of the Catuvellauni coin has an ear of grain. This image on the coin could reflect their proud adherence to their traditional Celtic traditions, including the preference of Celtic beer to Roman wine. The reverse of the coin also portrays the traditional Celtic image of a horse.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]153556.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]153557.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly, the Catuvellauni were inevitably influenced by the Romans.&nbsp; Note the Latin inscriptions on the coin:</p><p>CA-MV : The city of Camulodunum</p><p>CVN : King Cunobelin</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This map shows the tribal regions of ancient Britain that produced coins during the period c.100BC-AD50</p><p>The tribal names were those recorded later by classical commentators. <a href="http://www.celticcoins.com/pages/Tribal_Map.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.celticcoins.com/pages/Tribal_Map.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.celticcoins.com/pages/Tribal_Map.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Does this sound correct? Any opinions and insights would be appreciated. I have no expertise on this matter.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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