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Here, in a
wonderfully toned
gold, is a
large-flan Vepocomes
Triadic stater (see
the triad of dots
under the tail?).
This mouth-watering
gold stater was
found in 1991 at
Scremby, three miles
north east of
Spilsby,
Lincolnshire. The
two rosettes on the
obverse invariably
look like owlish
eyes to me and the
four scrolled knobs
(the one at 5
o’clock is clearly
displayed) actually
represent miniature
heads, possibly
human heads. The
letters V and E of
VEP are joined
together to save
space and CORF is
beautifully
displayed on this
specimen. It is
generally agreed
that the letter F
stands for Latin
filius,
suggesting that
Vepocomes (to give
him his full name)
was the son of Cor-
(whose full name we
don’t know).
Chris Rudd May list.
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