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Silver Unit - Vepo Vepo Star
| Issuer | Corieltauvi tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 10-43 |
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| Value | Silver Unit |
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| Reverse lettering | VEP CO(R F) (Translation: Vepocomes Son of Cor.) |
| Edge | Plain |
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The Corieltauvi occupied a broad territory across what is now the East Midlands, and their coinage — including this unit — was still in active production when the Claudian invasion force landed in 43 AD. Whether pieces like this continued to circulate in the immediate aftermath is unknown; Roman military consolidation of the region was rapid, and indigenous coin production ceased entirely within years of conquest. The "Vepo Vepo Star" designation reflects a naming convention applied by modern scholars to distinguish die groups within a series whose original issuing authority and sequence remain imperfectly understood.