Corieltavi Vepo c. AD 15-40 Vepo Triadic Gold Stater *Rare*

Corieltavi Vepo c. AD 15-40 Vepo Triadic Gold Stater

Rare

ABC 1854, 20mm, 5.39g

Obverse

Corieltauvian Apollo-wreath crossed by bar with crescent at each end. Ring of pellets in each crescent. Wreath fills field. Large question-mark objects around.

Reverse

Lunate horse left, large round head. Pellet triad below tail. VEP CORF inscription above (VE ligate) 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.

M Vosper PT, 12.02.2005.     VA960-1

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.