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

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

Rare

ABC 1866, 15mm, 1.15g

Exceptional strike on a large flan, a lovely coin.

Obverse

Plain

Reverse

Horse right, belted neck and belly, solid head, double upper front legs. VEP inscription above. Pellet triad under tail 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.

C Rudd FPL 110, no 30 (2010). Found Witham on the Hill, Lincs    VA963 var.

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.