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Belgae Gold Stater 65-40 BC Chute Type The Tarrant Gunville Hoard

Nadine — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:44:36 +0000

The Tarrant Gunville Hoard

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.

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Durotriges Silver Stater 50 BC – AD 43 Cranborne Chase Type The Tarrant Gunville Hoard

Nadine — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:44:35 +0000

The Tarrant Gunville Hoard

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

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Durotriges Silver Stater 50 BC – AD 43 Cranborne Chase Type The Tarrant Gunville Hoard

Nadine — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:44:35 +0000

The Tarrant Gunville Hoard

Durotriges Silver Stater 50 BC – AD 43

Cranborne Chase Type

Disjointed horse left with rectangular head, 4 vertical legs, 1 pellet below and 12 pellets above / Apollo head right, wreath, cloak and crescents

ABC2157, S365; 18mm, 4.80g

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Durotriges Silver Stater 50 BC – AD 43 Cranborne Chase Type The Tarrant Gunville Hoard

Nadine — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:44:35 +0000

The Tarrant Gunville Hoard

Durotriges Silver Stater 50 BC – AD 43

Cranborne Chase Type

Disjointed horse left with rectangular head, 4 vertical legs, 1 pellet below and 12 pellets above/ Apollo head right, wreath, cloak and crescents

ABC2157, S365; 19mm, 4.49g

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Durotriges Silver Quarter Stater 50 BC – AD 43 The Tarrant Gunville Hoard

Nadine — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:44:35 +0000

The Tarrant Gunville Hoard

Durotriges Silver Quarter Stater 50 BC – AD 43

Duro Boat Bird

3 men in a boat, pellet rosette to left/ Zigzag thunderbolt, Y shape and uncertain objects each side

ABC2208, S368; 11mm, 0.84g

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Belgae Gold Stater 65-40 BC Chute Type The Tarrant Gunville Hoard

Nadine — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:44:34 +0000

The Tarrant Gunville Hoard

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; 19mm, 6.01g

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Belgae Gold Stater 65-40 BC Chute Type The Tarrant Gunville Hoard

Nadine — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:44:34 +0000

The Tarrant Gunville Hoard

Belgae Gold Stater 65-40 BC

Chute Type

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

ABC746, S22; 19mm, 6.07g

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Belgae Gold Stater 65-40 BC Chute Type The Tarrant Gunville Hoard

Nadine — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:44:34 +0000

The Tarrant Gunville Hoard

Belgae Gold Stater 65-40 BC

Chute Type

Horse / Head of Apollo

ABC746, S22; 19mm, 6.10g

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

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Belgae Gold Stater 65-40 BC Chute Type The Tarrant Gunville Hoard

Nadine — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:44:34 +0000

The Tarrant Gunville Hoard

Belgae Gold Stater 65-40 BC

Chute Type

Horse / Head of Apollo

ABC746, S22; 17mm, 6.03g

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Roman Republic L. Hostilius Saserna 48 BC Silver Denarius The Chilfrome Hoard

Nadine — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:51:59 +0000

The Chilfrome Hoard

Roman Republic L. Hostilius Saserna 48 BC Silver Denarius

Head of captive Gallic Warrior, probably chieftan Vercingetorix, shield behind/ Naked Gallic warrior in biga driven right by charioteer. L HOSTIIVS above, SASERN below.

RCV418; 19mm, 3.48g

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RCV418, 18mm, 3.67g

Vercingetorix was a king and chieftain of the Arverni tribe (modern day Auvergne in France), where he is still considered a folk hero. He united the Gauls in a revolt against Roman forces during the last phase of Julius Caesar’s Gallic Wars. Vercingetorix was the son of Celtillus the Arvernian, leader of the Gallic tribes. He came to power after his formal designation as chieftain of the powerful Arverni at the oppidum (fortified settlement) of Gergovia in 52 BC. He immediately established an alliance with other Gallic tribes, took command and combined all forces, leading them in the Celts” most significant revolt against Roman power. He won the Battle of Gergovia against Julius Caesar in which several thousand Romans and allies died and Caesar’s Roman legions were forced to withdraw.

However, Vorcingetorix was too late to unite the Gaulish tribes and at the Battle of Alesia, the Romans besieged and defeated his forces. In order to save as many of his men as possible, he apparently gave himself up to the Romans and was held prisoner for five years. In 46 BC, as part of Caesar’s triumphal celebrations, Vercingetorix was paraded through the streets of Rome and then executed. Vercingetorix is primarily known to history through Caesar’s ‘Commentaries on the Gallic War’.

The Chilfrome Hoard: This small hoard of 97 Denarii was recovered from near the Dorset village of Chilfrome on the 21st March 2021 by Mr Trenton Oliver. Post excavation, the coins were delivered to the local Finds Liaison Officer (PAS DOR-41B389) and, following a declaration of the find as Treasure, transferred to British Museum (2021 T194). The hoard has subsequently been disclaimed and some of the coins are offered here for sale. Unlike the majority of recovered Romano-British hoards, Chilfrome lay for two thousand years undisturbed by agricultural activity and was found by Mr Oliver in a single tight nucleated group. Extensive metal detecting and a later archaeological excavation have produced no additional coins.

Chronologically, the hoard belongs to the beginning of the Romano-British period. A terminus post quem of AD 47 is provided by the single coin of Claudius in hoard. That coin’s lack of significant circulation wear and the absence of other contemporary or later issues makes a deposition date in the late 40s plausible.

The Legio II Augusta, commanded by Titus Flavius Vespasianus, was one of four legions sent across to Britain in AD 43 with the objective of subduing the barbaric island and securing for Claudius the triumph that his imperial reputation so desperately needed. Upon arriving at Richborough Legio Augusta turned west and progressed into Dorset against the Durotriges, a campaign which involved in the construction of fortresses and the occupation of Iron Age hill forts. The Chilfrome hoard was deposited right at the heart of this activity, lying almost equidistant between the important hill forts of Maiden Castle and Waddon Hill (about 12-14 km as the crow flies), and also close to the Roman road which ran from Dorchester up to the Mendip lead mines which the Legio II Augusta began to exploit in the late 40s.

The Chilfrome hoard is typical in containing a preponderance of worn Republican issues. These serve as a useful reminder of two monetary constants; that coins could, and often did, circulate for centuries; and that current issues often formed a small proportion of the total circulating medium. However, it is also true that the proportion of Republican coins found within the Chilfrome hoard is slightly lower than in other comparable first century British Hoards. The significance of this, if any, is unclear. The prevailing view now held is that a great many Republican Denarii entered Britain in the decades before AD 43. This comes as little surprise when we recall Strabo’s observation that British Iron Age tribes exported ‘grain, cattle, gold, silver, iron, hides, slaves, and dogs’. These Republican Denarii provided a supply of coinage which the Roman administrative bureaucracy could draw from as the army campaigned deeper into the interior of the island. No doubt many of the Republican Denarii from the Helmingham, Near Riskington and Norton Subcourse hoards had been in Britain for decades.

The Chilfrome hoard stands as a testament to the opening decade of the Roman-British period; geographically and chronologically it reflects the following their defeat of the Durotriges. We can never know for sure who buried it, but given its presence of Legio II Augusta, in the years following their defeat of the Durotriges. We can never know for sure who buried it, but given its location, the complete absence of any native specie, and the relatively high proportion of recent Imperial issues it is plausible that it represents an army stipendium, or pay packet.

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