Trinovantes Celtic Coins for Sale
The Trinovantes (The Vigorous People) had their capital at Caesaromagvs, located in Widford near Chelmsford, Essex. Their territory ranged from Essex to south Suffolk. Their prince Mandubracius was exiled to Gaul by the Catuvellauni after the death of his father. He joined Caesar on his second expedition to Britain in 54 BC.
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| Trinovantian 012146 | Excessively Rare British La 'Trinovantian Whaddon Chase' Gold Stater Gold 6.02 grams; 17.08 mm. Circa 55-45 BC. Obverse: Abstract head of Apollo right; spike made up of a line with a pellet at each end, two wing-like objects on either side of the spike to the left of wreath. Reverse: Romanized horse right; large pellet below horse withy over sized ear, eye in front of head, three pellets and winged object behind. Celtic Coin Index Registration Number at Oxford University: CCI 08.8891. VA 1476; S 32 variant. Extremely fine. Found Lavenham.
Dr John Sills of the Celtic Coin Index at Oxford University writes:” Although Whaddon Chase staters are common, this particular obverse die is of great interest because it was re-used, in a worn state, at the start of the derivative Trinovantian series, VA 1498-1502; this coin is more likely to be Trinovantian than Catuvellaunian, especially given the Lavenham findspot. The die is allowed to wear almost flat and the reverses paired with it gradually mutate from the early Whaddon Chase type into the 1498-1502 issues.” | £895.00  |  |
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| Trinovantian 011639 | Excessively Rare Trinovantian 'Prototype' Gold Quarter Stater Gold, 1.25 grams; 12.85 mm. Circa late 1st century B.C. Obverse: Double rope design through centre with lines to left and right dividing into quarters, two quarters contain crescents and circle, the other quarters have various motifs/symbols. Reverse: Horse right with three tails, rosette over horse and wreath in front, pellet in circle below. Celtic Coin Index Registration Number at Oxford University: CCI 08.8875. BMC 367. Almost extremely fine and excessively rare. Found Cambridgeshire.
Dr John Sills of the Celtic Coin Index at Oxford University writes: "Trinovantian prototype for the much commoner Snettisham quarters, distinguishable by the rosette over the horse rather than a ring/pellet design and by its finer style. There are only three others known". | £950.00 |  |
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| Addedomaros (circa 25 to 15 BC.)
Addedomaros was the next identifiable ruler of the Trinovantes after Mandubracius in Caesar's time. He moved his centre of government from Braughing on the eastern headwaters of the river Lea to a new site on the east coast which he named 'the fort of the war god Camulos', or Camulodunum. He reigned for about a decade before being succeeded by his son Dubnovellaunus.
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| Addedomarus 012084 | Rare Addedomarus 'Flower Type' Gold Quarter Stater Gold 1.22 grams; 12.52 mm. Circa 37-33 BC. Obverse: Flower pattern with pellet in ring in centre. Reverse: Celticized horse right; pellet in ring below tail and under horse. Celtic Coin Index Registration Number at Oxford University: CCI 08.8892. VA 1623; S 204. Good very fine. Listed as extremely rare in Van Arsdell’s Celtic Coinage of Britain. | £695.00 |  |
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| Addedomaros 009262 | Extremely Rare Addedomaros 'Streaming Hair' AE Unit Bronze, 1.49 grams; 14.01 mm. Circa 40 – 37 B.C. Obverse: Celticized head left with corded streaming hair. Reverse: Celticized horse right, large pellet with ring of smaller pellets enclosed in large circle above horse. Celtic Coin Index Registration Number at Oxford University: CCI 08.8827. VA 1615-1/1646-1. Recorded as Extremely Rare in Van Arsdell’s Celtic Coinage of Britain. Good fine/good very fine. Found Lincolnshire. | £80.00 |  |
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Dubnovellaunus (circa 10 - 5 BC.)
Dubnovellaunus Succeeded Addedomaros to the Trinovantian throne and ruled for several years before Cunobelin of the Catuvellauni. Like his contemporary Tincommius of the Atrebates, he appeared as a suppliant to Augustus and paid tribute on the Capitol in Rome before AD 7. He should not be confused with Dubnovellaunus of the Cantiaci.
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Celtic Coin Book References:
S = Spink, Coins of England and the United Kingdom
M = The Coinage of Ancient Britain by R.P. Mack
VA = R.D. Van Arsdell, Celtic Coinage in Britain
BMC = British Museum Catalogues, D Allen & R Hobbs
CCI = Celtic Coin Index at Oxford University
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