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Gold 1/4 Stater - Addedomaros Wheel
| Issuer | Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 45 BC - 25 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain (irregular) |
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Addedomaros was almost certainly the first ruler of the Trinovantes to mint coins in his own name — a deliberate political act at a moment when the tribe was reasserting independence following years of Catuvellaunian pressure. His coinage appears in the archaeological record shortly after Caesar's Gallic campaigns disrupted the existing power structures in southeastern Britain, though he never came under direct Roman control. The quarter stater denomination circulated as a high-value transactional piece, likely used in elite gift exchange and tribute rather than everyday commerce.