Corieltavi Volisios Dumnovellaunos c. AD 43-47 Gold Stater *Extremely Rare*
£3,950.00
Corieltavi Volisios Dumnovellaunos c. AD 43-47 Gold Stater
Vertical wreath over 2 lines of inscription between plain lines reading VOLI in upper and SIOS in lower, ring of pellets and 3 armed spiral in ring in opposite quarters/Lunate horse left with large open head, pellet triad below head, pellet below tail. DVM above, NOVE below, LLAVNOS to front
Extremely Rare
Well struck, wonderful surfaces.
ABC 1995; 17mm, 5.14g
Evans: XXIII.13 (1890, p. 591, pl. XXIII).
Van Arsdell Classification: Corieltauvian Q, Corieltauvian Inscribed Coinage, VOLISIOS DVMNOVELLAUNUS.
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 129, no 40. Found Mansfield, Notts VA 988
This coin comes with a previous label.
VOLISIOS DVMNOVELLAVNOS
The third individual to be connected with the name ‘VOLISIOS’ is ‘VOLISIOS DVMNOVELLAVNOS’, whose coins are extremely rare. As with the other two issuers associated with this name, the connection and relationship of these three individuals remains uncertain. Certainly, all issued coins of very similar overall style, suggesting contemporaneity.
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