Record ID: DOR-C0ACC8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman base silver finger ring. All that remains is half of the bezel of the and one rounded shoulders. The bezel is oval in shape and has a recess to accommodate an intaglio. It tapers into a rounded shoulder. It tapers into a narrow band. The shoulder and band are D-shaped in cross section. The surface of the ring is smooth and worn. The surface colour is patchily grey and brown indicating base silver. Date: Roman - c. AD 100 - 400 Dimensions: 20.91 mm x 12.86 mm x.79 mm Weight: 3.38 g This ring is similar to database record LVPL-7691D4 where Teresa Gilmore notes …
Created on: Wednesday 15th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 21st August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Portesham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-D49090
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
295 silver radiates to AD 286. Summary Central Empire Gallienus (AD 253-268) 27 Salonina (AD 253-268) 1 Claudius (AD 268-270) 22 Divo Claudius (AD 270) 2 Quintillus (AD 270) 2 Probus (AD 276-282) 5 Diocletian (AD 284-305) 1 (1st series, AD 284-6) Gallic Empire Postumus (AD 260-269) 2 Victorinus …
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-65404C
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two base silver Durotrigan staters of the British Iron Age. A South Western uniscribed (Durotrigan) 1 - Base silver stater of the British Iron Age. A South Western uninscribed (Durotrigan) type. A stylised wreath on the obverse and a stylised horse on the reverse. Date: Late Iron Age - c. 40 BC - 20 AD Diameter: 19.63 mm Weight: 3.28 g 2 - (DOR-65498E) A base silver stater of the British Iron Age. A South Western uninscribed (Durotrigan) type. A stylised wreath on the obverse and a stylised horse on the reverse. Date: Late Iron Age - c. 40 BC - 20 AD Diameter: 19.36 mm Weight…
Created on: Friday 3rd July 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Portland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-7951CB
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
CHARMINSTER, DORSET 26 base silver staters of the British Iron Age (South Western uninscribed (Durotrigan) type. Two are stuck together (image 9). Cf. ABC 2169 (BMC 2555-2636) although no. 8 may be ABC 2160 (BMC 2662/2690). Weights by no. in plate order: 1. 3.18g 2. 2.34g 3. 2.40g 4. 2.56g 5. 2.38g 6. 3.01g 7. 2.73g 8. 3.56g 9. 2 coins fused together: total 5.83g 10. 2.44g 11. 2.74g 12. 1.46g 13. 2.12g 14. 2.34g 15. 2.51g 16. 3.58g 17. 2.44g 18. 2.15g 19. 3.25g 20. 2.57g 21. 2.37g 22. 2.22g 23. 2.79g 24. 3.11g
Created on: Friday 9th October 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charminster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-74EB47
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
The coins consist of 11 South Western British uninscribed silver staters commonly 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 silver coins appear to be all of the type ABC 2169 / VA 1235-1 / BMC 2555ff produced from about 60/50 BC to the late first century BC. However in most cases the coin design is too indistinct to be certain that they do not belong to varieties of this type. The coins are fairly worn in appearance an…
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 16th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne St. Andrew', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A18559
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three uninscribed South Western British Iron Age base silver (billon) staters (Durotriges) dating to c. 60-20 BC; VA 1235; BMC 2555, ABC 2169. Obverse: Stylised head, right Reverse: Stylised horse, left. Coin 1: Diameter: 17.2 mm, Weight: 3.63 g Coin 2: Diameter: 18.5mm, Weight: 3.45 g Coin 3: Diameter: 16.8mm, Weight: 2.21 g
Created on: Tuesday 24th September 2019
Last updated: Friday 14th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kington Magna CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-043A44
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Radiate of Gallienus. DIANAE CONS AVG reverse with antelope. Officina mark Γ. AD 260 - 268 Cunetio P 119, No. 1344 or 1345
Created on: Wednesday 1st August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stalbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-0494B1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Radiate of Claudius II Gothicus. Issue I or II. GENIVS EXERCI reverse. The reverse is slightly double-struck. AD 268-270. Cunetio No 2063, RIC Vol. V Pt I, P. 215, No. 49
Created on: Wednesday 1st August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stalbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-FC6F56
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base silver coin. A late Iron Age stater. Slightly worn. British Iron Age base silver stater; uninscribed South Western (Durotriges). On the obverse a stylised wreath (derived from the bust of Apollo which appeared on Gallo-Belgic staters) and on the reverse an abstract horse (derived from a horse and chariot which appeared as above.) Diameter: 19.39 mm Weight: 3.85 g Date: c. 50 BC – AD 50
Created on: Sunday 29th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-DA6385
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base silver radiate of Valerian I. VICTORIA AVGG (Victory resting on shield and holding palm) reverse. Some wear. Diameter: 18.74 mm Weight: 2.01 g Date: AD 253 - 260 RIC Volume V, part I, cf. no. 128
Created on: Tuesday 21st April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 21st May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-35CB97
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age silver-washed Uninscribed South Western (Durotrigic) Stater, 16.83 mm in diameter and weighing 4.5 grams. Obverse: Abstract head of Apollo right Reverse: Disjointed horse left Date: mid 1st century BC - mid 1st century AD.
Created on: Monday 29th November 2010
Last updated: Monday 29th November 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-A5B6A0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete post-medieval base silver 'Irish' sixpenny groat of Henry VIII (1509-1547). Sixth Harp issue (Spink 6484). Initial mark: lis, dating to 1546-1547 (regnal year 38 appears on the coin). Mint of Bristol. Spink (2002, 147). This coin has suffered significant losses to its circumference; it measures 26.2mm in diameter, 0.6mm in thickness, and weighs 1.795g
Created on: Tuesday 28th December 2010
Last updated: Friday 20th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-58F093
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman base silver radiate of the emperor Tacitus (275-276), PROVID DEOR (Providentia standing left, holding rudder in right hand, which rests on a globe at her feet and holding cornucopiae in left hand) reverse, mint of Gaul, 275-276, RIC V(i) no. 49.
Created on: Tuesday 19th July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 26th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandford Orcas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-8A5723
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A billon coin. A late Iron Age stater. Very worn and corroded. British Iron Age billion stater; uninscribed South Western (Durotriges) type. On the obverse a stylised wreath (derived from the bust of Apollo which appeared on Gallo-Belgic staters) and on the reverse an abstract horse (derived from a horse and chariot which appeared as above.)
Created on: Thursday 10th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 29th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fifehead Magdalen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-9FC178
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base silver stater of the British Iron Age. South Western (Durotrigian) uninscribed type. Stylised wreath and stylised horse. Date: Late Iron Age- 50 BC to AD 50 Diameter: 18.33 mm Weight: 3.71 g
Created on: Friday 11th March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spetisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-DEA642
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base silver stater of the British Iron Age. South Western (Durotrigian) uninscribed type. Stylised wreath and stylised horse. Date: Late Iron Age- 50 BC to AD 50 Diameter: 17.85 mm Weight: 3.28 g
Created on: Monday 14th March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spetisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-82DF76
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A continental imitation of a penny of Edward I to III. Issued by Maria of Namur (Belgium), Regent, struck at Meraude (1342-1353) Reference: Mayhew 357-359 (pp. 131-132) Obv. [+ mARIA DCI/A AR]TOSN Rev: [MON]/ETA/ME[R/AVD] Date: Medieval -1342 - 1353 Diameter: 15.60mm Weight: 0.60 g Die axis:
Created on: Tuesday 3rd August 2010
Last updated: Friday 11th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EAC1C5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
British Iron Age base silver (billon) stater, uninscribed South western (Durotriges), VA 1235; BMC 2555ff.
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandford Orcas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-BD4D05
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A base silver Roman radiate of Trajan Decius (AD 249-251), dating to the period c.AD 249-251 (Reece period 12). DACIA reverse type depicting Dacia standing left holding vertical staff with Ass's head. Mint of Rome. RIC IV.3, p. 120, no. 2b.
Created on: Friday 20th June 2008
Last updated: Friday 5th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradford Peverell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-931390
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base silver coin. A late Iron Age stater. Slightly worn. British Iron Age base silver stater; uninscribed South Western (Durotriges) type. On the obverse a stylised wreath (derived from the bust of Apollo which appeared on Gallo-Belgic staters) and on the reverse an abstract horse (derived from a horse and chariot which appeared as above.) Diameter: 19.95 mm Weight: 3.89 g
Created on: Thursday 29th April 2010
Last updated: Friday 6th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Owermoigne', grid reference and parish protected.