Corieltavi Vepo c. AD 15-40 Vepo Vep Silver Half Unit *Rare*

Corieltavi Vepo c. AD 15-40 Vepo Vep Silver Half Unit

Rare

ABC 1887 (plate coin), 13mm, 0.50g

Well struck on a large flan.

Obverse

Traces of wreath, which fills the field.

Reverse

Horse right, solid head, double upper front legs. VEP inscription above. Pellet below.

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Provenance

This coin is from The London Collection of Ancient British Coins. For more information click here: The London Collection – Silbury Coins : Silbury Coins.

DNW Auction, lot 55 (March 2010). C Morrison coll. C Rudd FPL 80, no 44. CCI 92.0438,  ABC Plate coin   VA967

This coin comes with a previous label.

 

VEPO

Corieltavian coins struck in the name of ‘VEPO’ are sometimes accompanied by the secondary inscription ‘CORF’ – a trait which has been identified as a patrynomic, denoting descent from ‘COR’. Probably active in the first decades of the 1st century AD, we know little about ‘VEPO’ other than that the inscribed coinage struck in this name was apparently produced in large quantities. The silver units of this issuer are particularly common, with over 1400 pieces present within the extensive hoard deposits from Hallaton, Leicestershire. It remains uncertain whether ‘VEPO’ is a person or place, and indeed what sort of person they might have been – a ruler, an official, or a moneyer? All are plausible options.