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Silver Unit South Ferriby Kite
| Issuer | Corieltauvi tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 45 BC - 10 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Blank and uninscribed field, entirely devoid of figurative design or legend. The flan is irregularly shaped, characteristic of hand-struck Celtic silver coinage, with a slightly convex surface showing natural flow lines from the hammering process. No devices, symbols, or lettering are present on this face. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Corieltauvi occupied a territory roughly corresponding to the modern East Midlands, and their coinage developed later and more slowly than that of their southern neighbors — reflecting a tribal economy that remained less monetized well into the first century BC. The South Ferriby series, named for the Lincolnshire findspot where a significant hoard came to light, represents one of the most geographically concentrated coin distributions in British Iron Age numismatics.
ABC 1818 belongs to the "Kite" subdivision, distinguished by a specific arrangement of pellets and lines on the reverse that differentiates die groups within what was likely a multi-decade production run.