Catuvellauni Andoco c. 20-1 BC Andoco Pegasus Silver Unit *Very Rare*

Catuvellauni Andoco c. 20-1 BC Andoco Pegasus Silver Unit

Very Rare, 19 known.

ABC 2721 (plate coin), 14mm, 0.93g

A fantastic portrait, dark reddish brown find patina. Well struck in good silver.

Obverse

Bearded head left. Letter A behind. Interlaced lines for border.

Reverse

Pegasus left, wearing neck torc. ANDOCO inscription around.

 

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Provenance

This coin is from The London Collection of Ancient British Coins. For more information click here: The London Collection – Silbury Coins : Silbury Coins.

C Rudd FPL 13, no 59 (1994). Found North East Essex, early 1994 ABC Plate coin  VA1868-1

This coin comes with a previous label.

 

Andoco (c. 20 BC – ?)

Writing in the 1940s, the numismatist Derek Allen described a group of relatively rare issuers who appeared to be striking coins towards the end of Tasciovanos’ reign. One of these appears on coinage as ‘Andoco’, an abbreviation extrapolated by Chris Rudd as reflecting either the name Andocomaros or Andocombogios. The distribution of his coins, while spread through the North Thames region, is particularly focused in Hertfordshire. ABC lists eight types struck in his name, of which four are bronze, two silver and two gold. While both gold types are very similar to issues of Tasciovanos, an intriguing feature of the silver and bronze coins is that their obverses universally depict clean-shaven male portraits in profile. An association with Tasciovanos is proven by ABC 2730, which bears the obverse legend ‘TASC ANDO’.