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Gold Plated Stater - Volisios Dumnocoveros Contemporary Counterfeit
| Issuer | Corieltauvi tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 35-40 |
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| Weight | 3.0 g |
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| Reverse lettering | DVM NOCO-VEROS |
| Edge | Plain |
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Contemporary counterfeits of Corieltauvian staters are not forgeries in the modern sense — they were produced and circulated within the same communities as the official issues, almost certainly by smiths who understood exactly what they were doing. The plated technique, a bronze core with gold foil or wash, suggests either metal shortage or deliberate profit-taking at a moment when the tribe's coinage was trusted enough to make imitation worthwhile.
Volisios Dumnocoveros is one of several paired-name rulers attested only through coinage — no other source confirms his existence. Whether the names represent co-rulers, a ruler and a magistrate, or father and son remains unresolved.