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Gold Plated Stater - Vepo Vepo Ring Pellet Contemporary Counterfeit
| Issuer | Corieltauvi tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 10-43 |
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| Value | Stater (1) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (10-43) - Base core - ND (10-43) - Gold plated - |
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Contemporary counterfeits of Corieltauvian staters were produced by plating bronze cores with gold, almost certainly to pass in local exchange rather than for any ceremonial purpose. The Corieltauvi occupied a broad territory across the East Midlands, and their coinage circulated widely enough that a convincing imitation had genuine utility. This piece imitates the Vepo Vepo type, a denomination whose issuing authority remains debated — "Vepo" may reference a ruler, a magistrate, or a tribal title, and no written source resolves it.
The BMC Iron Age catalogue number 3301 places this among documented plated forgeries, confirming the type was faked with enough frequency to warrant systematic recording.