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60 - 20 BC
Goadby Marwood
With horse on the reverse and stylised wreath design on the front. Issued by the Corieltavi tribe who inhabited the East Midlands during the Late Iron Age.
Many Iron Age coin designs developed from a coin issued by Philip II of Macedon. This has a chariot being pulled by horses on the reverse and the god Apollo wearing a laurel wreath on the front. The designs were abstracted over time but the horses remained, reflecting their importance as status symbols in Iron Age society.
Iron Age coins were not used like we use them today, everyday transactions would have been via the exchange of goods. Coins were used by the elites of society as diplomatic gifts and a method of storing wealth. They could also be buried as gifts for the gods.
60 - 20 BC
Thornton and Bagworth
With horses and symbols on the reverse and hairy boars on the front. Issued by the Corieltavi tribe who inhabited the East Midlands.
Many Iron Age coin designs developed from a coin issued by Philip II of Macedon. This has a chariot being pulled by horses on the reverse and the god Apollo wearing a laurel wreath on the front. The designs were abstracted over time but the horses remained, reflecting their importance as status symbols in Iron Age society.
Iron Age coins were not used in the same way as today; everyday transactions would have been via the exchange of goods. Coins were used by the elites of society as diplomatic gifts and a method of storing wealth. They could also be buried as gifts for the gods.
Kindly donated by the finder and landowner.
Find out more about these objects on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database.
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