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Stater 'Corieltauvian B'
| Issuer | Corieltauvi tribe |
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| Year | 55 BC - 45 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Stylised disjointed horse facing right, rendered in a highly abstract Celtic manner typical of British Iron Age coinage. The horse's body is fragmented into bold curvilinear elements, with a sinuous serpentine spine or body line dominating the central field. Surrounding the horse are scattered pellets, crescents, and lunate ornaments arranged across the flan. A wheel or rosette motif may appear beneath the horse in the lower field. The design is uninscribed, with no mint marks or legends, and exhibits the characteristic flan irregularity of hammered Celtic coinage. |
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| Mintage | ND (55 BC - 45 BC) |
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The Corieltauvi occupied a broad territory across what is now Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Nottinghamshire, and their coinage developed largely in isolation from the more politically volatile tribes of the southeast. Unlike the Catuvellauni or Trinovantes — whose coin output was repeatedly disrupted by dynastic conflict and Caesar's two incursions of 55 and 54 BC — Corieltauvian issues from this decade show no obvious break in production. The tribe appears to have absorbed the political turbulence of Caesar's campaigns at considerable geographic remove.
The 'B' designation within the Corieltauvian stater sequence reflects a typological classification rather than a strict chronological one, with ABC 1722–40 encompassing notable die variation across the group.