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Silver Unit W-Forelegs Proto Boar No Spear
| Issuer | Corieltauvi tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 50 BC - 40 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (50 BC - 40 BC) - Boar with tail curled around pellet; pellet in ring above rump, above head and between legs. Horse with pellet mane; pellet in ring before and below; pelletal exergual line - ND (50 BC - 40 BC) - As Type 16a but horse has no mane and there is a further ringed pellet above horse`s rump - ND (50 BC - 40 BC) - Boar with tail curled around pellet; pellet in ring above rump and between legs; spiral behind. Stout horse with pellet mane; pellet in ring above head and below - ND (50 BC - 40 BC) - Boar, straight tail; pellet in ring above head and between legs; exergual line with S-shapes. Ring of pellets above horse, no mane, band around neck and body; rings above head and tail; pellet below tail; pellet in ring before and below - ND (50 BC - 40 BC) - Boar with Y-shaped front foreleg, clawed feet; ringed pellet before; vestiges of pelletal sun above; exergual line. Vestiges of pelletal sun above horse, no mane, band around body, pellets around neck; annulet in front and below; pellet below tail - |
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The Corieltauvi occupied a substantial territory across what is now Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Nottinghamshire, and their coinage tradition is notable for being issued by named paired rulers — a practice almost unique among British Celtic tribes. This particular unit belongs to the uninscribed phase, before that naming convention emerged, placing it in the earliest stratum of Corieltauvian silver production.
The "W-Forelegs" designation identifies a specific die characteristic used by specialists to subdivide this type — the forelegs of the horse rendered in a distinctive W-shaped arrangement. Such die-linked classification work was systematized largely through Derek Allen's foundational research in the mid-twentieth century.