Important Celtic Coins

Corieltauvi, Volisios Cartivellaunos, Stater, vol[is]io[s] between three lines across wreath, rev. stylised horse left, trefoil of pellets below head, carti[ve]llavnos around, 5.38g/3h (BMC –; VA 993.1; SNC October 2006, p.268, fig. 3 and 4, this coin; S –). Pink, coppery gold, about extremely fine with with lovely surfaces, UNIQUE (£6,000-8,000)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Michael O’Bee Collection of Coins of the Corieltauvi.

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Provenance:
Found near Malton (N. Yorkshire) 1999
CCI 99.0827.

Illustrated on the front cover. The first coin to reveal the full reverse reading of Cartivellaunos, finally refuting the previous attribution, which had been taken from silver units reading carti, to the Brigantian queen Cartimandua