Dobunni Corio C.20 BC-AD 5 Gold Stater Corio Tree

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Dobunni Corio C.20 BC-AD 5 Gold Stater Corio Tree

Name: Dobunni Corio C.20 BC-AD 5 Gold Stater Corio Tree
SKU: QC770
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£4,500.00

Code: QC770

Dobunni Corio C.20 BC-AD 5 Gold Stater

Corio Tree

Obverse – Dobunnic tree symbol with ten branches, pellet at base, on plain field.

Reverse – Triple-tailed horse right, tail has three strands with pellets, elliptical ear. V-shape with pellet in angle and three pellets below or behind tail. Frowning face above. Inscription above and in front with zigzag. Reversed S (lituus) behind. Six-spoked wheel below.

Well struck on a large and even flan, near full inscription. A premium example.

ABC2048, S386; 19mm, 5.52g

Evans: I.6 (1864, p. 143, pl. I).

Van Arsdell Classification: Dobunnic B, Gold Coins Inscribed Corio or Cor. Similarities in reverses suggests Corio and Boduoc ruled at the same time.

The ‘face’ above the horse links with Bodvoc staters (ABC 2039), and earlier staters of Tasciovanos (such as ABC 2550) and Andoco (ABC 2715).

Healy Phase 2:
COD 6d ‘Ringed-Pellet Eyes’. Pellet at tree base. Ringed-pellet eyes on face above horse, pellet triad behind. 68 known. This type often has a tiny cross (or inverted V-shape) above the horse, and two tiny crosses (or Vs) below

The tiny crosses or V-shapes sometimes around the horse may be the moneyer’s privy marks, perhaps indicating a change in gold content.

This coin comes with a rough find area provenance.

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CORIO 20 – 5 BC: Corio is believed to have ruled at around the same time as Bodvoc which suggests that they may have been joint rulers or that the kingdom was split. Little is known about Corio although his coins have been found widely scattered across Southern England and even in Wales.

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