Corieltavi Vepo c. AD 15-40 Vepo Triadic Gold Stater ex Driffield Hoard *Rare*
£3,950.00
Corieltavi Vepo c. AD 15-40 Vepo Triadic Gold Stater
ex Driffield Hoard
Wreath crossed by bar with crescent at each end, ring of pellets in each crescent/Lunate horse left with large round head, pellet triad below tail, VEP above, CORF below
Rare
Extremely well struck on both sides, a premium coin. For more information on this hoard visit: GillisCoins.com – Ancient Coins & Antiquities
ABC 1854; 19mm, 5.30g
Evans: XVII.5 (1864, p. 411, pl. XVII).
Van Arsdell Classification: Corieltauvian N, Corieltauvian Inscribed Coinage, VEP CORF.
Provenance
This coin is from The London Collection of Ancient British Coins. For more information click here: The London Collection – Silbury Coins : Silbury Coins
A Gillis June 2004. ex Driffield Hoard no 04. CCI 04.0839 VA 960-1
This coin comes with a previous label.
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.
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