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Silver Unit 'Corieltauvian D'
| Issuer | Corieltauvi tribe |
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| Year | 55 BC - 45 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Disjointed Celtic horse depicted in profile facing right, rendered in the abstract La Tène artistic tradition with a characteristic elongated neck terminating in a stylised bird-like or stork head. A pellet rosette occupies the upper field above the horse's back, while a single pellet appears beneath the tail. The forelegs are rendered as splayed linear strokes, and scattered pellets punctuate the field, typical of Corieltauvian silver unit iconography. The flan is irregular and slightly concave, with a crenellated edge resulting from the hammering process. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Corieltauvi occupied a territory roughly corresponding to modern Lincolnshire and Leicestershire, and their coinage developed later and more erratically than that of the southeastern tribes — showing far less Continental Gallo-Belgic influence by the time these fractional silver units were being struck. The 'D' classification within the Corieltauvian sequence reflects a typological grouping rather than a mint or magistrate distinction; the tribe left no inscribed coinage until considerably later, making internal chronology dependent almost entirely on archaeological assemblage and stylistic drift.
Finds cluster heavily in the East Midlands, with notable concentrations near oppida sites around the Lincolnshire Wolds.