Pagus Catuslugi. Bronze VIIRICIVS, Class IV ND (Gallic Wars and the second half of the 1st century B.C.).

LT.8541 - DT.508 - RIG.304; Bronze - 3.37 g - 19 mm - 4 h
MP specimen No. 162 in the book “Surréelles Monnaies Gauloises,” by Samuel Gouet and Marc Petit—acquired from Y. Cellard in 1997.
Particularly wide flan with clearly identifiable designs despite an even greater width of the edges. Dark green patina with ochre deposits around the reliefs. Very Fine to Very Good.
The bronze coins bearing the inscriptions VIIRICIVS or VERICIVS constitute a pagus coinage; 161 specimens across the four classes have been discovered at the Bois-l’Abbé sanctuary (Eu, Seine-Maritime). The name of the pagus is indicated on a plaque discovered there in 1965. The classification in the New Atlas has slightly disrupted the existing system by reclassifying Class II as Class I var. 2, which in turn results in Classes II and III becoming Classes III and IV. We maintain the previous classification, which could still be refined but should not be simplified. The Class IV bronzes are typologically similar to those of Class III, but are of a more crude style and, above all, were struck with particularly wide dies. The inscription VIRICIV is particularly clear on this specimen; it is more complete than on the Class III bronzes.