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COIN HOARD
Unique ID: WILT-C39DC8
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A Hoard of 9 Iron Age staters, addendum to 2010 T646 and 2011 T105.
The coins consist of one gold and 8 silver uninscribed staters of types associated with the Durotriges, a people thought to have inhabited an area covering the modern county of Dorset, parts of Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire and the Isle of Wight during the late Iron Age. The gold coin is of the type ABC 746 / VA 1205 / BMC 35 produced in the early to mid first century BC (about 80 to 60 BC). The silver coins are of two types, ABC 2157 / VA 1235 / BMC 2525 ff and ABC 2163 / VA 1246 / BMC 2647 produced about 60 to 20 BC. The coins were not cleaned before identification, consequently it was not possible to attribute some of the silver staters to one of these two types as surface detail was obscured by corrosion products. Two of the silver staters are incomplete.
ABC= Cottam et al. Ancient British Coins, 2010
VA = Van Arsdell, Celtic Coinage of Britain, London, 1989
BMC = Hobbs, British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum 1996
The coins are summarised below, the weights are given in the attached appendix
Gold uninscribed British B 'Chute' staters ABC 746 1
Silver uninscribed staters ABC 2157 3
Silver uninscribed staters ABC 2163 4 (inc. two incomplete)
Silver uninscribed staters ABC 2157 or 2163 1
Total 9
APPENDIX
ABC
VA
BMC
Wt. g.
Note
Gold stater
1
746
1205
35
6.11
Silver staters
2
2157
1235
2525
5.69
3
2157
1235
2525
3.93
4
2157
1235
2525
5.49
5
2163
1246
2647
1.16
6
2163
1246
2647
4.62
7
2163
1246
2647
5.44
8
2163
1246
2647
2.54
9
2525/2647
5.59
Find of note status
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2012T505
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 80 BC
Date to: Circa 20 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 9
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2011 - Thursday 31st May 2012
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2012T505
Materials and construction
Primary material: Base Silver
Secondary material: Gold
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Tisbury
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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