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Gold Stater - Vepo Vepo Retro Vep
| Issuer | Corieltauvi tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 10-43 |
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| Currency | Stater |
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| Reverse description | Bold Celtic abstract design in high relief, featuring large sinuous curvilinear forms in the left field derived from a stylised horse motif, a hallmark of Corieltauvian stater coinage. To the right, a prominent multi-rayed star or wheel device occupies the field, rendered with crisp linear spokes. Below the central design elements, the retrograde or standard Latin inscription VEP CORF appears, identifying the issuing authority. The composition is vigorous and asymmetric, displaying the accomplished freehand engraving style typical of late pre-Roman British tribal coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | VEP CORF (Translation: Vepocomes Son of Cor.) |
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The Corieltauvi occupied a broad territory across what is now Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Nottinghamshire, and their coinage is unusual among British Celtic issues for frequently bearing paired names — interpreted by most scholars as joint rulers or magistrates rather than sequential kings. "Vepo" appears in this retrograde inscription alongside itself, a quirk of die-cutting that remains poorly understood and may reflect a workshop error, a deliberate stylistic choice, or a copying of an unfamiliar Latin script by an engraver working without full literacy. The tribe submitted to Rome in 43 AD without recorded military resistance.