Catuvellauni Tasciovanos c. 25 BC-AD 10 Camul Gold Quarter Stater *Extremely Rare*

Catuvellauni Tasciovanos c. 25 BC-AD 10 Camul Gold Quarter Stater

Cruciform design with crossed wreaths of two solid lines with pellet ends either side of a corded line, the vertical wreath (when central crescents standing) curved with the apex facing anticlockwise and the horizontal straight. The wreaths end in ringed pellets at the outside but not the centre. Back-to-back arcs at centre. Teardrops in angles.

Horse left. Monogram and ringed pellet in pellet circle above. Floral motif (or bunch of grapes) in front. Inscription below – CAMVL TASCI

Extremely Rare, 22 known

A well centred example on a good flan with much of the inscription shown, especially challenging when radial, above below the horse and on the extremities of an oversized die!

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ABC 2589; 12mm, 1.34g

Van Arsdell Classification: Trinovantian M, Earlier Dynastic Issues, Tasciovanus First Coinage.

Kretz Type C.

Sills DK 521 (2 obverse, 2 reverse dies): North Thames Coinage; Type: Tasciovanos; Quater Staters: Class 3 – CAMVL. Based on Stepping Horse (ABC 2586) but with the wreath curving the other way. The horse is based on the CAMVL stater (ABC 2559).

Sills chronology: Gallo-Belgic Ca – British G (Early Clacton) / Aa Westerham – British La (Whaddon Chase) – British Lb (Westbury) – Addedomaros – Dubnovellaunos – Tasciovanos.

Provenance

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

Tony Carter Collection Aug 2008 Kretz First coinage, Type C VA 1694-1

This coin comes with a previous label.

 

Tasciovanos (c. 25 BC–AD 10)

Following on from Addedomaros, who may or may not have been his father, we find Tasciovanos – whose coinage is some of the most complex and extensive within the North Thames series. An apparently long-lived ruler, traditional narratives of the Late Iron Age cast him as a dynamic and decisive individual who laid the groundwork for the success of his own son, Cunobelin, by extending Catavellaunian influence eastwards into East Anglia and Kent. While his coins generally take influence from indigenous art styles, some ‘classification’ is visible (though to a relatively limited degree) on specific types within his issues of silver and bronze. Some of the most impressive North Thames issues are exemplified by his gold staters, such as the ‘Tasciovanos hidden faces’ and ‘Tasciovanos warrior’ types (ABC 2553/BMC 1591–1603/ABC 2571/BMC 1615–16), both of which employ highly stylised, geometric motifs on their obverse faces. This medium also can be found on numerous examples of his bronze coinage, such as on the highly enigmatic ‘Tasciovanos Verlamio’ type. Here, the obverse depicts an eight-pointed star with the mint-name (VERLAMIO) cleverly interspersed between the points.