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Gold Stater - Esuprasu
| Issuer | Corieltauvi tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 10-43 |
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| Currency | Stater |
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| Reverse description | Stylised Celtic horse type facing right, rendered in the highly abstracted La Tène manner characteristic of Corieltauvi issues. The horse's body is indicated by bold curvilinear raised lines and crescent-shaped forms, with the head and legs dissolved into flowing decorative elements. A large prominent lunate or crescent motif dominates the central field, accompanied by pellets and tightly coiled spiral ornaments arranged around the periphery. The legend ESVP RASV, identifying the issuing authority, appears in the field in association with the horse design. The border is defined by a series of raised pellets or beads encircling the composition. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Corieltauvi occupied a substantial territory in what is now the East Midlands, and their coinage — unlike that of the more southerly tribes — shows relatively limited contact with Roman iconographic influence even as Roman power pressed into Britain during the first century AD. The name Esuprasu appears on a small cluster of issues and almost certainly denotes a ruler, though whether sole or joint authority with other named individuals on related coinage remains unresolved in the scholarship.
Production ceased permanently with the Claudian invasion of 43 AD, which extinguished independent Corieltauvian coinage entirely.