Cranborne Chase

ex Cranborne Hoard, Doreset

ABC2157, S365, 19mm, 5.15g

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Eisu Oxo

Head right / 3 tailed annulate horse

ABC2081, S382, 13mm, 0.85g

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Belgae Gold Stater 65-40 BC

Chute Type

Disjointed horse left with rectangular head, 4 vertical legs and crab below / Head of Apollo, wreath, cloak and crescents

ABC746, S22; 22mm, 6.02g

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The Tarrant Gunville Hoard: In July of 2022, a metal-detectorist in the east Dorset parish of Tarrant Gunville recovered an important hoard of Iron Age coins. Numbering 31 pieces in total, mostly gold Chute type staters from the Belgae tribes but also containing some Silver Durotrigian coins highlighting the mixing of Iron age coin types. With no interest to acquire the hoard forthcoming from either local or national museums, it was subsequently disclaimed and returned to the finder who contacted us.
We have produced an information booklet, a copy of this will be sent with each coin and is also available online here. A detailed catalogue can also be viewed on the Portable Antiquities website here.

A rare & exciting opportunity to own a coin from a fully provenanced and researched treasure find.

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Durotriges Silver Stater 50 BC – AD 43

Cranborne Chase Type

Disjointed horse left with rectangular head, 4 vertical legs, pellet below and 12 pellets above / Apollo head right, wreath, cloak and crescents

ABC2157, S365; 19mm, 4.44g

The Tarrant Gunville Hoard: In July of 2022, a metal-detectorist in the east Dorset parish of Tarrant Gunville recovered an important hoard of Iron Age coins. Numbering 31 pieces in total, mostly gold Chute type staters from the Belgae tribes but also containing some Silver Durotrigian coins highlighting the mixing of Iron age coin types. With no interest to acquire the hoard forthcoming from either local or national museums, it was subsequently disclaimed and returned to the finder who contacted us.
We have produced an information booklet, a copy of this will be sent with each coin and is also available online here. A detailed catalogue can also be viewed on the Portable Antiquities website here.

A rare & exciting opportunity to own a coin from a fully provenanced and researched treasure find.

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Mossop Proto Head

Male head with jutting jaw and large oval eye left / Horse right with double upper left front leg, pellets ort dashes for mane, solid head and large ear, leaf tail, pellet in ring below

ABC1522, S433, 19mm, 1.26g

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A hard coin to find, this is example with good detail and central strike on both sides. Dark find patina.

Comes with previous handwritten labels

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Cani Duro

Stylised boar with single front leg, long bristles topped with pellets, spear in ear, ring and A below  / Horse with solid head and pellet mane right, reversed S below head, CANI above and DVRO below

Rare

ABC1630, S439, 12mm, 1.24g

Comes with previous collectors labels

Cani Duro may contain an early form of the tribal name and to be interpreted as ‘the enduring Iceni’. It may also be interpreted as a place name meaning ‘reed fort’ or a fort of the Iceni. It is more probable that it was a personal name such as Canicos, ‘handsome’ and Duronos, ‘gate man’. We should probably regard Cani and Duro as a couple of co rulers who reigned briefly around the time of Antedios.

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Tasciovanos Ricon

TASCIO RICON in panels on vertical wreath/Warrior in chain mail riding left and holding sword

Rare

ABC2580, S219 18mm, 5.47g

A rare type

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Tasciovanos, or ‘killer of badgers’ was a powerful king who merits wider fame. If he had not been so industrious his son, Cunobelinus, would not have been so illustrious. During his reign Tasciovanos strengthened the already powerful Catuvellauni laying the foundations for the great tribal empire which he built. The coinage of Tasciovanos was one of the most sophisticated in Britain and Gaul displaying innovative designs and six different denominations that were issued in gold, silver and bronze. Many of his coins have been found in Kent suggesting that he had considerable influence over the Cantiaci.

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Corio Cor

COR on plain field /Triple tailed horse right with pelletal sun ring above and small animal below

ABC2051, S389; 15mm, 1.08g

Extremely rare

with rough find area provenance.

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Corio is believed to have ruled at around the same time as Bodvoc which suggests that they may have been joint rulers or that the kingdom was split. Little is known about Corio although his coins have been found widely scattered across Southern England and even in Wales.

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Amminus Biga

Bust right. AMMI  in front/ Facing chariot. S E C around

Very rare

some old cleaning marks.

ABC459, 11x13mm, 0.88g

ex G Cottam collection, with label. Recorded on the CCI 92.0994, found Colchester, Essex circa 1992

Amminus, (Friends), was the son of Cunobelinus and was installed to govern Kent and his behalf. When he fell out with his father around AD 40 he fled to Rome to ask Caligula for help. This may have prompted the Roman invasion which later took place under Claudius in AD 43.
Some think that Amminus was the father of Lucullus, governor of Britain under Domitian.

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