An ancient British base gold coin of the tribe of the Corieltauvi probably struck in late in the first century before Christ. It is based on the stater issued by Philip of Macedonia three centuries earlier. The original has a chariot on one side and on the other the head of Apollo, but because the design has been copied and recopied so many times the design on this coin is hardly recognisable.
Found at Easton Grey near the Fosse it could have been lost in roman times even though the coin was struck nearly a hundred years earlier. It is the only coin of the Corieltauvi to have been found in Wiltshire.
The Corieltauvi (formerly thought to be called Coritani) were a tribe of East England based round Leicestershire and Lincolnshire.
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