Silver Unit 'Corieltauvian D'

The Corieltauvi occupied a substantial territory across what is now Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Nottinghamshire, and are unusual among British Iron Age tribes for appearing to have operated with paired rulers — inscribed coins suggest joint authority rather than single kingship. The uninscribed types like this one predate that epigraphic phase, placing it in a period when tribal identity was expressed through die imagery alone rather than named authority.

British silver units of this region are frequently found as single-field losses rather than hoard material, suggesting active use rather than deliberate deposition.