Iceni Antedios AD 10-30 Silver Unit Antedios Antd D Bar

Iceni Antedios AD 10-30 Silver Unit

Antedios Antd D Bar

Double Crescent on vertical wreath / Horse right with oval head and pellet for eye, reversed S below head, corn ear mane, pelletal sun above

ABC1645, S441; 12mm, 0.71g

This coin comes with a rough find area provenance

 

Antedios, or Anted, meaning the ’fiery one’ or ‘the one who sits in front’, was a contemporary of Cunobelinus. He was the first Icenian king to put his name on coins. Among his early issues were those engraved SIA which might be part of his father’s name. Antedios seems to have ruled concurrently with one, or possibly two, other Iceni chieftains. One of these was Ecen. His pattern horse silver coins come from the same mint group as the proceeding boar/horse coins. Like other Corieltavian rulers of the time Antedios never showed heads on their silver coins. It is possible that Antedios of the Iceni was the same Antedios who was ruling the Dobunni at the same time.