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Gold Plated Stater - Tasciovanos Tasciovanos Tasciov Rigon Contemporary Counterfeit
| Issuer | Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 15 BC - 10 BC |
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| Value | Stater (1) |
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| Obverse lettering | TASCIOV RIGON (Translation: Tasciovanos, great king.) |
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| Mintage | ND (15 BC - 10 BC) |
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Tasciovanos ruled the Catuvellauni from roughly the late first century BC, issuing coinage from Verlamion — modern St Albans — in volumes suggesting a sophisticated mint operation. Contemporary counterfeits of his gold staters were produced by plating bronze cores, a technique that required genuine skill and access to the same striking technology as the official issues. These were not crude fakes; they circulated alongside authentic coins and fooled enough people to be worth the effort.
The Van Arsdell 1780 series is already among the scarcer Tasciovanian types, making a confirmed plated counterfeit of it genuinely unusual in the record.