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Celtic Britain, Corieltauvi Tribe (45-10 BC) Silver Horse & Boar Unit Coin. R!

Tribe: Corieltauvi
Mint Period: 45-10 BC
Region: English East Midlands
Condition: A well struck VF-XF!
Denomination: Silver "Boar & Horse" Unit
Reference: Mack 410; BMC 3214-17; Rudd ABC 1800; S.397.
Diameter: 14.1mm 
Material: Silver
Weight: 1.18gm

Obverse: Horse right.

Reverse: Stylized boar left?

The Corieltauvi (formerly thought to be called the Coritani, and sometimes referred to as the Corieltavi) were a tribe of people living in Britain prior to the Roman conquest, and thereafter a civitas of Roman Britain. Their territory was in what is now the English East Midlands, in the counties of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Rutland and Northamptonshire. They were bordered by the Brigantes to the North, the Cornovii to the West, the Dobunni and Catuvellauni to the South, and the Iceni to the East. Their capital was called Ratae Corieltauvorum, known today as Leicester.