107, Lot: 252. Estimate $150. Sold for $106. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CELTIC BRITAIN. Catuvellauni. Epaticcus. Circa 25-35 AD. AR Unit (16mm, 1.09 gm). Head of Hercules right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Eagle standing facing, slightly right, head left, wings displayed, on serpent; pellet within annulet in upper right field. Hobbs 2163; Van Arsdell 580; SCBC 356. VF, well-centered obverse, trace of porosity.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 39 (29 October 1985), lot XII.

A son of Tasciovanus, Epaticcus was probably the younger brother of Cunobelin, and apparently a favored uncle of Caratacus. He expanded the territory of his tribe at the expense of the Atrebatean king Verica, and installed himself at his capital, Calleva around 25 AD. He continued to take Verica's lands to west and south until his death, probably on campaign circa 35 AD. After this, his expansionistic policies were continued by his nephews Caratacus and Togodumnus, probably in the late 30s AD.