Stater, Corieltauvi, Ancient Britain, 50 BC - 25 AD
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
50 BC - 25 AD
Gold coin; Denomination: stater Type British K (South Ferriby) Coins of this type were considered to be issued by the Brigantes before the middle of the twentieth century, then they were attributed to the Coritani a tribal name based on a medieval manuscript of Ptolemy's Geography.
This name was corrected in 1983 from a cursive latin inscription on a tile to Corieltauvi (see Tomlin, R.S.O. " Roman Leicester: a corrigendum: for 'Coritani' should we now read 'Corieltauvi'?) Obverse: A crude and disjointed design ultimately derived from a bust wearing a laurel wreath, the wreath is represented by rectangular 'leaves'. Reverse: A crudely formed horse (on this piece most degenerate) to left (head off flan) a large bead below; above, large pellet; below, the top of a star. Edge: plain.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Gold
- Dimensions
- Overall Dimensions: 19 mm (Outside Diameter), 5.7 g (Weight)
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Ancient Britain
- Series recorded
- Celtic
- Denomination recorded
- Stater
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Museums Victoria, Melbourne collection record for this single object (sentences kept verbatim apart from removed sale or rarity wording); how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Candidate id
- mv-68253
- Museum object name
- Coin - Stater, Corieltauvi (Coritani), Ancient Britain, 50 BC - 25 AD
- Holding institution
- Museums Victoria, Melbourne
- Museum object number
- NU 29
- Published references
- Transactions of the Leicester Archaeological and Historical Society 48 (1983); available at http://www.le.ac.uk/lahs/downloads/CoritaniPagesfromvolumeLVIII-2.pdf)
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
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- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
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- Mint or printer
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- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
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- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and dating against a specialist reference; this entry documents one recorded example.