Stater 'Trinovantian I' - Addedomarus

Addedomarus was the first named ruler of the Trinovantes to strike coins in his own name, a significant break from the uninscribed abstract coinage his tribe had produced for decades. The Trinovantes, based in what is now Essex and Suffolk, had briefly fallen under Catuvellaunian dominance before reasserting independence — this coinage likely signals that political recovery. The shift toward inscribed issues across southern Britain during this period broadly reflects increasing contact with the Roman world following Caesar's expeditions of 55 and 54 BC.

Gold staters of this type are struck from alloy noticeably debased relative to earlier Gaulish prototypes.