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Gold Stater - Vep Corf Star
| Issuer | Corieltauvi tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 10-43 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylised and abstracted Celtic design in the Late Iron Age tradition, featuring a central four-pointed star motif rendered in bold relief, surrounded by a dynamic arrangement of crescents, pellets, and interlocking geometric elements. Diagonal raised bars radiate from the central star, dividing the field into quadrants populated with curved and angular devices. A small six-pointed star appears in the lower left quadrant, while further pellets and crescent forms fill the remaining field. The entire composition reflects the characteristic Corieltauvi artistic style, eschewing figural representation in favour of abstract patterning derived from earlier Gallo-Belgic prototypes. |
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| Reverse description | Highly stylised abstracted horse facing right, rendered in the distinctive Late Iron Age Celtic manner characteristic of Corieltauvi coinage. The horse's body is depicted through a series of bold flowing curves and sweeping lines, with the mane suggested by a prominent swirling pellet-and-arc motif to the left of the figure. The legs are indicated by angular strokes beneath the body, while a curved tail element appears to the lower right. A cluster of three pellets is visible to the upper left of the horse. The field is animated with additional crescent and zigzag devices typical of the Corieltauvi series, with the legends VEP CORF distributed across the field in Latin characters. |
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| Reverse lettering | VEP CORF (Translation: Vepocomes Son of Cor.) |
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