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Silver 1/2 Unit - Vepo Vepo Raspberry
| Issuer | Corieltauvi tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 10-43 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Blank, uninscribed obverse typical of Corieltauvi silver fractional coinage of this period. The flan is irregularly shaped and slightly convex, exhibiting a plain, featureless field with no design elements, legends, or devices. The surface shows the characteristic texture of a hand-struck hammered flan with natural die wear and patination consistent with ancient Celtic silverwork. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Corieltauvi occupied a territory roughly corresponding to the East Midlands, and their coinage tradition developed relatively late compared to southeastern tribes — heavily influenced by Gallo-Belgic prototypes filtering across the Channel. The paired inscription formula seen on their fractional silver issues, with a name split across obverse and reverse, remains imperfectly understood; whether these represent joint rulers, a ruler and a consort, or a ruler and a magistrate is still debated among specialists. Vepo Vepo is among the less frequently encountered Corieltauvi name combinations, and the fractional denomination itself implies a functioning small-change economy in the region during the late pre-Roman Iron Age.