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The obverse of this
big, big Addedomaros
Floral Spiral gold
stater is weakly
struck as is so
often the case.
However, this is
more than
compensated by the
coin's virtues. Like
the Addedomaoros
Floral Spiral gold
stater we sold a
year ago for £5400
(Chris Rudd List
92, front cover and
No.41) this specimen
was also struck on
an unusually large
flan and boldly
displays the major
portion of this
king’s magnificent
moniker which has
been interpreted
variously as ‘great
in steadfastness’ or
‘great in his
holding fast to his
territory’ or
‘possessing a big
chariot’ or ‘great
in chariots’. Does
size matter? With a
design like this, it
does. Were it not
for the fact that
the flan measures a
massive 19
millimetres (almost
the size of a
Gallo-Belgic Broad
Flan stater) you
would not have the
uncommon pleasure of
seeing so much of
the king's name.
Chris Rudd March
list.
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