Catalog
Gold 1/4 Stater - Andoco Andoco Crescent Wreath
| Issuer | Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 20 BC - 1 BC |
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| Currency | Stater |
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| Obverse description | Two crossed wreaths arranged back-to-back in the Celtic decorative tradition, with a pair of thick confronted crescents at the centre forming a distinctive focal motif. The inscription ANDO is distributed in the angles between the wreath arms, rendered in Latin characters. The overall composition is highly stylised, reflecting the abstract La Tène artistic vocabulary characteristic of late British Celtic coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | ANDO |
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Andoco is one of the more obscure rulers attested in late Iron Age Britain — known almost exclusively through his coinage rather than any Roman or later textual record. His issues fit within the dynastic turbulence following the death of Tasciovanos, when control of Catuvellauni territory was contested among several minor rulers before Cunobelin consolidated power in the early first century AD. Whether Andoco ruled as a subordinate king, a rival claimant, or held a distinct regional authority remains unresolved.
The type is rare in any condition. Most recorded examples derive from metal-detector finds in Hertfordshire and Essex.