Corieltavi Aunt Cost c. AD 15-40 Aunt Cost Owlface Silver Unit

Corieltavi Aunt Cost c. AD 15-40 Aunt Cost Owlface Silver Unit

ABC 1941, 15mm, 1.31g

A crisp coin with much appeal.

Obverse

Wreath, extra pair of leaves each side of centre forming circle, ringed pellet in each (large pellet-in-ring motif either side of wreath). Trefoil in quadrants.

Reverse

Belted horse left with corded mane. AVN inscription and pellet above. Trefoil before and 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.

CNG Auction XXXIII, 15.03.1995. Seaby COE Plate coin 1999-2026 (S403)

This coin comes with a previous label.

 

AVNT COST

 The inscription ‘AVNT COST’ on Corieltavian coinage is relatively unintelligible and realistically could refer to a place, person/issuer or indeed simply represent random Latin letters thrown together by the die sinker. Numismatist Ian Leins has devoted considerable attention to researching the coins of this ‘issuer’, suggesting that the prime mover for the inscription could have resulted from copying coins of Cunobelin. As with the coins of ‘VEPO’, these were also prevalent in the Hallaton treasure, similarly dating to the earlier 1st century AD. Coins with inscriptions reading ‘CVTAS CNAVO’ or similar are thought to be related to those of ‘AVN/AVNT COST’, possibly reflecting copying of the same Latin prototype text.