Addedomaros Stater: Crescents (obverse); Horse, Branch, and Spiral Sun (Cleveland Museum of Art 1969.147)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
50 BCE–10 CE
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. Cleveland Museum of Art object 1969.147: Addedomaros Stater: Crescents (obverse); Horse, Branch, and Spiral Sun (reverse), 50 BCE–10 CE.
England, Catuvellauni. Gold; diameter: 2.1 cm (13/16 in.). Inscribed: AD[D]ED O[MAROS]. Details are those of this museum object; how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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Historical context
Addedomarus was a king of southeastern Britain and his name is known only from his inscribed coins.
Physical characteristics
- Materials
- gold
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 2.1 cm (13/16 in.)
- Measurements
- Diameter: 2.1 cm (13/16 in.)
- Material and technique
- gold
Design
- Inscription
- AD[D]ED O[MAROS]
Identification
- Date recorded
- 50 BCE–10 CE
- Culture period
- England, Catuvellauni
- Holding institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 1969.147
- Published references
- Cleveland Museum of Art, and Emery May Norweb. English Gold Coins, Ancient to Modern Times, On Loan to the Cleveland Museum of Art from the Norweb Collection. 1968. pp. 6 Emery May Norweb Collection (Cleveland, Ohio), Emery May Norweb, C. E. Blunt, F. Elmore Jones, and R. P. Mack. Collection of Ancient British, Romano-British and English Coins. London: Spink, 1971. pp. 1, 21-22
- Museum classification
- Coins
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- Issue or mint date
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Catalogue references
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Research required
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