Uninscribed coins are earlier than coins with inscriptions and are generally more common. However, inscribed coins were more common at Hallaton pointing to a mid 1st century AD date for most of the activity on the site.

This type of coin is known as a South Ferriby. They are named after the site in Lincolnshire where many Corieltavian coins have been found.

The back of this coin shows a horse facing to the right. The front of the coin is blank because the design had worn away on the die used to strike this side.

This is the core from a copy of a gold stater. It would have been plated with gold. Some people think that these were not fakes but an attempt to save on gold.

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1602 coins of this type were found at Hallaton making it the most common. These were some of the first inscribed coins made by the Corieltavi.

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Corieltavian coins usually have some kind of wreath design on the front and an abstract horse with surrounding symbols on the back.

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It is generally thought that the inscriptions on Corieltavian coins refer to rulers. The inscription on this coin reads AVN.

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This coin has the inscription VEPO CORF. It has been suggested that this inscription refers to two rulers and possibly means “Vep, son of Cor”.

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There are lots of variations on the coins with the inscriptions reading VEP. It has been suggested that this is because these coins were produced for a long time.

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The front of this coin shows various symbols on a stylised wreath, the back shows a horse facing left. The disjointed horse is a distinctive Corieltavian style.

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This is a new type of coin. 12 coins of this rare type were found at Hallaton!

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The inscription on this coin is jumbled and makes little sense. Perhaps the original inscription was copied wrongly by a die engraver who did not understand the meaning of the letters.

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This coin has the inscription CVTAS CNAVO on the front. It has been suggested that the Corieltavi were trying to imitate coins issued by Cunobelin in south eastern England that have the inscriptions CAMV/CVNO.

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The inscription on this coin is written backwards and the S is on its side. Does this suggest that the people who made these coins did not understand the inscriptions?

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It has been suggested that smaller coins like this half unit became more common through the Late Iron Age, possibly because coinage was being used by more people on a daily basis.

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Only a few coins of this type were found at Hallaton. This type of coin is usually found more widely in the northern Corieltavi area, in northern Lincolnshire and southern Yorkshire.

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This is the only coin of this type found at Hallaton. This type is more commonly found in the northern Corieltavi area.

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The largest type of British Iron Age coin was the gold stater. They weigh around 5.4g and are about 2cm in diameter. This makes them a little smaller and about half the weight of a pound coin.

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The silver unit was the most common denomination found at Hallaton. Units usually weigh around 1.1g and are about 1.4cm in diameter, slightly smaller than a 5 pence coin.

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This coin measures 1cm across and weighs 0.47g. This is half the weight of a unit coin. The weights of Iron Age coins were closely controlled.

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This tiny minim coin is the smallest type produced in the Iron Age. It measures just 1cm across and weighs 0.24g.

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This coin was issued by Cunobelin. He was leader of the eastern tribes, the Trinovantes and Catuvellauni. The inscription DVBN may be short for Dubnovellaunus. Cunobelin took over from Dubnovellaunus as leader of the Trinovantes and this coin is the first direct association between the two rulers.

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79 coins issued by Cunobelin were found at Hallaton. As leader of the Trinovantes and Catuvellauni tribes, he was a powerful man, referred to as “King of the Britons” by the Roman historian, Suetonius.

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This coin has a winged bust on the front and a sphinx on the back. The inscription TASCIO can be seen next to the sphinx, representing Tasciovanus, Cunobelin’s father.

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Classical images were sometimes used on British Iron Age coins suggesting contact with Rome. This coin shows the Roman god Hercules holding his club and lion skin on the front. A woman rides a horse on the back.

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This coin features gods from Roman mythology. Hercules is shown with his club on the front. Diana, goddess of the hunt is shown with her bow and a dog at her feet on the back.

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This coin has the inscription CAMV on one side. This is short for Camulodunum, modern day Colchester in Essex, possibly where the coin was produced.

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Cunobelin’s quarter staters had an ear of corn on the front, perhaps representing wealth and fertility.

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This type of coin has never been found before. It was issued by the Trinovantes tribe of eastern England. It shows a head facing left on the front and a horse facing left on the back.

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Many British Iron Age coins feature horses. The various tribes depicted horses in very different ways. This Trinovantes horse is more naturalistic than the disjointed horses shown on Corieltavian coins.

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This coin has a bronze core which would have been plated with gold. There is a flower design on the front.

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The Atrebates tribe of southern England seem to have been connected in some way to the Atrebates of northern France.

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This coin was found with many similar coins, possibly an early deposit that was disturbed by later activity at the site.

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This coin was issued by Verica, a leader of the Atrebates tribe. Verica had friendly diplomatic links with the Romans who recognised him as a king.

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The Durotriges were a tribe located in south western England. They were the only tribe to produce bronze staters that were not plated with gold.

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This coin was issued by the Dobunni tribe of western England. A triple tailed horse appears on the back.

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The front of this coin shows a stylised head facing right and the back shows a horse facing left with the inscription above.

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The Dobunni sometimes used a tree-like motif on the front of their coins.

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The Iceni tribe were located in East Anglia. This coin has the inscription ECE. It has been suggested that this may not be the name of a ruler but the name of the tribe.

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This is one of the earliest non-Roman coins from Hallaton. Gallo-Belgic coins were produced on the continent and influenced British coins.

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This coin shows the god Apollo on the front and the goddess Minerva in a four horse chariot on the back. This coin would have been about 150 years old when most of the activity was taking place at Hallaton.

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This coin shows the head of the goddess Juno Sospita on the front. The back shows a girl facing a serpent. This coin has a serrated edge to stop people clipping metal from it.

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This coin was issued by Brutus, one of the men who assassinated the Roman dictator Julius Caesar in 44 BC. The coin has the head of the goddess Libertas on the front. Brutus’s father is one of the four men shown on the back.

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This coin was issued by Julius Caesar during the struggle for power in the Roman civil war of 49 BC. It shows an elephant trampling on a serpent. It has been suggested that this symbolises the victory over evil.

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This coin was issued by the Roman general, Mark Antony. It shows a ship on one side and military standards on the other. 333 Roman coins were found at Hallaton.

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The Emperor Augustus is shown on the front of this coin. His heirs and grandsons, Gaius and Lucius Caesar are shown on the back.

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This coin shows Trajan’s column, a monument that can still be seen in Rome today.

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