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Gold Plated Stater - Addedomaros Addedomaros Floral Spiral Normal Type Contemporary Counterfeit
| Issuer | Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 45 BC - 25 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | A stylised horse advances to the right, rendered in the abstract Celtic artistic tradition with disjointed body elements characteristic of late Iron Age British coinage. Above the horse appears a spiral sun motif, occasionally rendered as a spoked wheel. Beneath the horse runs a branch or plant motif, while a pellet-in-ring symbol is placed in the field before the horse. The retrograde or forward-facing inscription AĐĐEDOMAROS is arranged around the equine design, identifying this issue with the Trinovantian ruler Addedomaros. |
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| Reverse lettering | AĐĐEDOMAROS |
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Addedomaros is the earliest named ruler of the Trinovantes, his coins marking a decisive shift toward dynastic identity in late Iron Age Britain. This piece is not a forgery in the modern sense — contemporary counterfeits circulated alongside official issues and were almost certainly produced locally, possibly tolerated or even sanctioned where metal shortages made full-gold staters impractical. The gold-plated bronze core was a functional solution, not a criminal act.
The "cf." references across every major catalog reflect genuine uncertainty about attribution boundaries for this type.