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Gold Stater - Vepo Vepo Vep
| Issuer | Corieltauvi tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 10-43 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Highly abstract and stylized wreath design in the late Celtic tradition, frequently struck with such force or on a poorly prepared flan as to render the motif largely obliterated. The field displays vestigial curvilinear elements derived from the classical laurel wreath prototype, dispersed across an irregularly shaped, slightly convex flan typical of Corieltauvian hammered gold coinage. |
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| Reverse description | A highly stylized lunate horse advancing to the left, rendered in the characteristic abstracted Celtic manner with a large, prominent triangular head. A decorative pellet rosette is positioned in the field before the horse. The inscription VEP appears above the horse in Latin characters, referencing the issuing authority. A star or solar wheel motif occupies the field below the horse, a common emblematic device on Corieltauvian coinage of this period. |
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The Corieltauvi occupied a large territory across what is now Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, and Leicestershire, and their coinage is unusual among British tribal issues for bearing paired names — almost certainly joint rulers, though whether these represent co-kingship, a dynastic succession frozen mid-transition, or something else entirely remains unresolved. Vepo appears on several issues in varying abbreviations, suggesting a reign of some duration. The tribe submitted to Rome without significant recorded resistance in 43 AD, which likely ended minting abruptly rather than through gradual decline.