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Addedomaros Stater: Crescents (obverse); Horse, Branch, and Spiral Sun (reverse)
The collection record classifies this work as coins. It is dated 50 BCE–10 CE. Recorded culture or place: England, Catuvellauni.
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- Museum title
- Addedomaros Stater: Crescents (obverse); Horse, Branch, and Spiral Sun (reverse)
- Date
- 50 BCE–10 CE
- Culture / origin
- England, Catuvellauni
- Materials and technique
- gold
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 2.1 cm (13/16 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1969.147
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
Addedomaros was a king of the tribe of Trinovantes, whose territory comprised parts of Essex and Suffolk, with its capital at Camulodunum, now known as Colchester. As a ruler, Addedomaros is completely unknown to history and thus only exists through his coins. Julius Caesar mentions that the Trinovantes were enemies of the Catuvellauni, their tribal areas being adjacent. He also comments that they supplied him with provisions during his second landing in Britain in 54 BC, thirty-nine years before the time of Addedomaros.
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