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Gold Plated Stater - Esuprasu Base Core
| Issuer | Corieltauvi tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 10-43 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Heavily stylised and largely blank convex field characteristic of Corieltauvi coinage, retaining only vestigial traces of the wreath or head motif ultimately derived from the Macedonian gold stater prototype. The surface exhibits bold, flowing relief with abstract curvilinear forms reduced to near-abstraction, with no legible inscription. The gold plating over the bronze core is visible at the lower right where a chip exposes the green-patinated base metal beneath, confirming the plated nature of the flan. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Corieltauvi occupied a large territory across what is now Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Nottinghamshire, and their coinage is unusual among British Celtic issues in frequently displaying paired ruler names — suggesting joint or sequential authority rather than sole kingship. Esuprasu appears as one of the later named rulers in this sequence, placing this stater in the final decades before the Claudian invasion of 43 AD effectively ended independent tribal coin production across most of Britain.
The gold-plated bronze fabric is not a modern alteration — plated staters were produced intentionally by Corieltauvi moneyers, possibly during periods of gold shortage or as a deliberate fiduciary issue. The "cf." references across all four major catalogs indicate no exact parallel has been firmly attributed to this specific die combination.