Gold Plated Stater - Tasciovanos Tasciovanos Tasciov Rigon Contemporary Counterfeit

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.