.jpg){kind=link}
South Ferriby Plain silver unit
Coin 09 · Corieltavi (North Eastern region)
A complete silver unit of the Corieltavi, South Ferriby Plain type. One face is plain; the other carries a stylised horse under an arc of pellets.
- Issuer or group
- Corieltavi (North Eastern region)
- Metal
- Silver unit
- Date (record)
- 50–20 BC
- Catalogue refs (record)
- ABC 1803
- Specimen
- PAS 1010814
- Specimen size
- 14.33 mm across, 1.08 g (from the record)
Plain face. No design (plain), as the type name suggests.
Horse face. Stylised horse with an arc of pellets above and a ring with a central dot at the left (our description).
The record gives only the type, completeness and measurements. All motif names on this page are our own description of the photo.
The record does not say which face is the obverse; the faces are named by their designs.
Features
| # | Feature | Face | As-minted evidence | On the found coin | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arc of pellets | Horse face | Observed in the photo | Survives on this find | A curved row of raised dots across the upper part of the face. |
| 2 | Stylised horse | Horse face | Observed in the photo | Survives on this find | A horse reduced to curved body lines and angled legs, filling the lower half. |
| 3 | Ring with central dot | Horse face | Observed in the photo | Survives on this find | A small oval ring with a dot inside, near the left edge. |
| 4 | Long curved stroke (right) | Horse face | Observed in the photo | Survives on this find | A tall crescent-shaped stroke near the right edge. |
The found specimen
- Wear
- Light: the pellets and the horse's lines are crisp.
- Corrosion
- Golden-brown toning on the plain face; scattered dark spots.
- Strike
- The horse design is roughly centred.
- Completeness
- Complete (record); nearly round flan with a small notch at one edge.
These are descriptions, not grades. Thickness in the model: inferred from the recorded weight and outline area, assuming about 10.0 g/cm³ for the broad metal.
Source and licence
Based on a photograph by Maria Kneafsey / Derby Museums Trust, via the Portable Antiquities Scheme and Wikimedia Commons (file page as retrieved, revision 733122832), licensed CC BY 2.0. Changes: the two faces were cut out of the photograph, rotated and rescaled to a common frame, and used to make an interpretive 3D reconstruction. Depth, the edge and unseen surfaces are inferred, not measured. The as-minted version is further cleaned, restored and recoloured by us.
SHA-256 of the archived original: 795f688dfe1b753df85167fe7becc2450a14b3efca657fa1f514af1f425b39e8. Retrieved 2026-10-16.