CORIOSOLITES

The Coriosolites ‘army of the sun’ occupied Cotes d’Armor, north Brittany, giving their name to the capital, modern Corseul. Main seaport: Saint-Malo at the mouth of the river Arguenon (Aregenon ‘before the mouth’).

Ogmios and V-Boar. Whisky Face with Racquet and Double Beaded Tail. c.57-56 BC. Silver stater. 22mm. 6.39g. Head of Armorican sun-god right with three rolls of hair./ Human-headed horse right, double beaded tail, boar below. ABC 70, LT 6614, S 15. Good VF, bright silver, fabulous beaded tail.                                          Was £375. Now only £300 

This coin was probably minted to fund the Armorican fight against Julius Caesar. Rybot’s book War Coins of the Sun Warriors (Chris Rudd 2018) makes this fascinating, great-value series of staters easy to identify only £15 + p&p from Chris Rudd.