Corieltavi Aunt Cost c. AD 15-40 Aunt Cost Left Gold Stater *Very Rare*

New Listing

Corieltavi Aunt Cost c. AD 15-40 Aunt Cost Left Gold Stater *Very Rare* - Image 2

Corieltavi Aunt Cost c. AD 15-40 Aunt Cost Left Gold Stater Very Rare

Name: Corieltavi Aunt Cost c. AD 15-40 Aunt Cost Left Gold Stater *Very Rare*
SKU: IAC124
Availability: InStock

£3,250.00

Code: IAC124

Corieltavi Aunt Cost c. AD 15-40 Aunt Cost Left Gold Stater

Wreath crossed by bar with crescent at each end, ring of pellets in each crescent/Lunate horse left with large round head, AVN above, T. COST below

Very Rare

The second best example of this type we could find recorded, often base and poorly struck.

View Video Here

ABC 1929; 19mm, 5.21g

Evans: XVII.8 (1864, p. 413, pl. XVII).

Van Arsdell Classification: Corieltauvian J, Corieltauvian Inscribed Coinage, AVN COST (or AVN AST). Aunt may be Aun, while Aunt and Cost may be two people.

Provenance

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

Freeman & Sear PT Feb 2003. Spink COE 2026 plate coin (402) VA 910

This coin comes with a previous label.

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.

1 in stock

Enquire about this coin

Sell one like this