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Gold Stater - Andoco Phallic Bucranium
| Issuer | Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 20 BC - 1 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Andoco is one of the more obscure rulers of the Catuvellauni, known almost entirely through his coinage rather than any surviving textual record. His issues appear late in the pre-conquest sequence, overlapping chronologically with Tasciovanus, which has fueled debate about whether Andoco was a co-ruler, a regional sub-king, or a usurper who briefly controlled part of the tribal territory — possibly centered on the Verulamium area.
The phallic and bucranium imagery on this type carries ritual and apotropaic weight rooted in Iron Age religious practice, not decorative whim. ABC 2715 is among the scarcer Andoco attributions.