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Corieltauvi, Vep Corf, Base gold Stater, cruciform wreath design with rosettes in angles, rev. disjointed horse left, vep above, three pellets below tail, [co]rf below, 4.37g/2h (cf. ABC 1854; BMC 3304; cf. VA 960.2; S 410). Small scratch in obverse field, otherwise good fine or better £200-250

Too light to be a normal issue Stater but too heavy to be a plated core, this coin seems to be of very base gold and is probably a contemporary forgery