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Silver Unit Ladder-Mane Proto Boar No Spear
| Issuer | Corieltauvi tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 50 BC - 40 BC |
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| Value | Silver Unit |
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| Reverse description | A stylised horse advances to left in a kneeling or crouching posture on one knee, rendered in abstract Celtic idiom with a distinctive ladder-pattern mane and a slender, elongated tail. A large spoked wheel or annulet of pellets dominates the upper field above the horse. A pellet triad or concave triangular arrangement of pellets appears before the horse's head, with a further pellet placed beneath the tail. |
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| Mintage | ND (50 BC - 40 BC) - Ringed pellets above boar`s head, rump and between legs; tiny star below head. Large ring of pellets with spokes above horse along with a smaller ring, concave triangle before, pellet under tail - ND (50 BC - 40 BC) - Ring below boar`s head. Wheel with spokes above horse, pellet triad before, pellet under - |
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The Corieltauvi occupied a territory roughly corresponding to the East Midlands, and their coinage developed largely in isolation from the more Romanized southeastern tribes. This type predates any named ruler on Corieltauvian coins — the tribe wouldn't adopt inscribed issues until the late 1st century BC, leaving attribution dependent entirely on find-spot distribution and stylistic analysis. The absence of a spear in this variant distinguishes it from related boar types and likely reflects a deliberate die choice rather than error, though whether that distinction carried meaning to its users is unknown.