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Silver Unit 'Corieltauvian D'
| Issuer | Corieltauvi tribe |
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| Year | 45 BC - 10 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylized Celtic boar or horse depicted in right profile, rendered in abstract La Tène artistic style. A prominent annulet with pellet appears below the central figure, and a row of pellets forms a ground line beneath. The design elements are boldly executed in relief against a plain field, characteristic of Corieltauvian Iron Age coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Celticized horse prancing to the right, depicted in the angular, abstracted style typical of East Midlands tribal coinage. A prominent annulet composed of pellets, possibly representing a solar symbol, appears above the horse's back. Pellet and lune devices are scattered in the field. The overall composition demonstrates the progressive abstraction of classical Macedonian prototypes characteristic of Late Iron Age British coinage. |
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The Corieltauvi occupied a substantial territory across what is now Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Nottinghamshire, and are unusual among British Iron Age tribes for appearing to have operated with paired rulers — inscribed coins suggest joint authority rather than single kingship. The uninscribed types like this one predate that epigraphic phase, placing it in a period when tribal identity was expressed through die imagery alone rather than named authority.
British silver units of this region are frequently found as single-field losses rather than hoard material, suggesting active use rather than deliberate deposition.