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Bronze Unit 'Trinovantian Q' - Andoco

Descrizione del dritto	Highly stylised Celtic head rendered in the Late Iron Age tradition, depicted facing right in abstract form and composed of flowing curvilinear lines interspersed with pellets and bosses. The design is characteristic of the Trinovantian Q series, with the facial features dissolved into a pattern of raised crescents, annulets, and pellet-tipped elements arranged around a central boss. A border of pellets encircles the field. The surface carries a rich green patina consistent with prolonged burial.
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Legenda del dritto	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Descrizione del rovescio	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Scrittura del rovescio	Latin
Legenda del rovescio	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Bordo	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
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Informazioni aggiuntive	Andoco is one of several poorly-documented rulers of the Catuvellauni whose precise relationship to the dynastic line of Tasciovanus remains unresolved. He appears to have controlled a mint in the Trinovantian territory — an area nominally belonging to a separate tribe — suggesting either political absorption or a contested border zone during the volatile decades before the Claudian invasion. The 'Q' classification in the ABC typology distinguishes this issue by specific die characteristics rather than any single dramatic historical event.