Silver 1/2 Unit - Vepo Vepo Rosette

The Corieltauvi occupied a broad territory across what is now the East Midlands, and their coinage — among the more prolific of British Iron Age issues — was still being struck right up to the Claudian invasion of 43 AD. The "Vepo Vepo" inscription remains incompletely understood; it may reference a ruler's name repeated for emphasis, a dual authority, or a mint formula, and no ancient source resolves it. These fractional silvers circulated in a region that saw relatively little direct Roman military pressure until the very end, meaning some specimens likely passed through hands that had no idea the legions were already landing in the south.