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Silver 1/2 Unit - Vepo Vepo Ring
| Issuer | Corieltauvi tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 10-43 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylised Apollo-wreath type rendered in bold Celtic artistic tradition, consisting of a central boss or pellet surrounded by a radiating arrangement of large oval pellets forming a daisy or flower-like motif. Additional leaf or petal elements flank each side of the central field, completing a circular decorative composition. The design is executed in relief against a plain field, characteristic of late Iron Age British coinage, with no legend or inscription present. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Corieltauvi occupied a large territory across what is now Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Nottinghamshire, and their coinage is notable for carrying paired or multiple names — likely reflecting joint rule or a tribal aristocracy sharing authority in ways Roman administrative categories struggle to describe. "Vepo" appears among these name sequences, though the exact political arrangement it reflects remains unresolved. The fractional silver denominations were almost certainly used for high-value exchange rather than daily transaction in a largely gift-economy society.