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Silver Unit Three-Pellet Proto Boar
| Issuer | Corieltauvi tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 55 BC - 45 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (55 BC - 45 BC) - Ringed pellet triad above boar and below head. Pelletal sun above horse has pellet triad inside - ND (55 BC - 45 BC) - Pellet rosette above boar; ringed pellet triad below head. Pelletal sun above horse has pellet triad inside; anti-clockwise spiral in front. - ND (55 BC - 45 BC) - Pellet ring above boar, ringed double pellet below, ringed pellet triad in front. Pelletal sun above horse has pellet triad inside - ND (55 BC - 45 BC) - Large ringed double pellet within pellet ring above boar, ringed pellet triad in front. Ringed pellet triad below horse, pelletal sun above has one pellet inside - ND (55 BC - 45 BC) - Both boar`s forelegs bifurcated; nothing above boar, ringed pellet triad between legs, large pellet-and-ring motif below. Pelletal sun above horse is two rings of pellets around single pellet; ringed pellet triad below horse - ND (55 BC - 45 BC) - Degraded boar of Type 9b. Pelletal sun above horse has one pellet inside; Ringed pellet triad below horse - |
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The Corieltauvi occupied much of what is now Lincolnshire and Leicestershire, and their coinage developed largely in isolation from the more heavily Romanized tribes to the south. This particular unit belongs to the proto-coinage phase — a period before the tribe adopted more standardized regional types — placing it among the earliest numismatic output attributed to this group with any confidence.
The three-pellet arrangement is a diagnostic feature used by specialists to distinguish die groups within this scarce series. Van Arsdell's sequencing puts this type early in the Corieltauvian development, predating the more regular struck coinage that emerged as Roman political pressure intensified following Caesar's expeditions of 55 and 54 BC.