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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Conduitt, post: 7491368, member: 109923&quot;]I don&#039;t know about food, but I can give you a little wine to go with all that crab. And when I say a little, the cup is less than 7mm tall.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Verica Minim, 10-40AD</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1295409[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Silver, 7mm, 0.35g. A wine cup, REX above. Eagle right; VERICA COMMI F around (S 159; ABC 1331; VA 563).</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Verica was a king of the pre-Roman Atrebates tribe in modern Sussex and east Hampshire, England. He was recognised as a king by Rome (a &#039;client king&#039;) and had friendly trade and diplomatic links with the Romans.</p><p><br /></p><p>His gold staters feature a vine leaf to represent Roman wine imported from Gaul, evidently a symbol of power and influence. Presumably, the wine cup had a similar meaning.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Catuvellauni rulers Caratacus and Togodumnus drove Verica out and he fled to Rome, where in the summer of 42 he approached Claudius to help him reclaim his throne. This became the excuse for the Roman invasion of Britain in 43. The forts in Verica&#039;s area were not refortified by the Romans, suggesting the people there remained pro-Roman.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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