Cotswold Oxo

Moon head right/ Triple tailed annulate horse

ABC2024; S377; 15mm, 0.97g

This coin comes with rough find area provenance.

Dobunni & East Wilts

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Cotswold Eagle

Moon Head / horse

ABC2018, S377, 13mm, 0.95g

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Anted Rig

Tree symbol, pellet at base/ Triple tailed horse right with wheel below

ABC2066, S379; 17mm, 5.52g

Scarce. An exceptional coin, seldom are these available in this high grade.

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Anted was probably called Antedios which had the letter D written as a Greek theta. This king proclaimed his regality with the title ‘rig’ or ‘ king’. Anted may have ruled in conjunction with Eisu.

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Cotswold Eagle

Moon head right, pelleted crescents as hair, large boss on chin, stalk lips / Triple tailed annulate horse left

ABC2015var, 14mm, 1.18g

ex Geoff Cottam collection (with his label).

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Cotswold Cock

Moon head / Horse

ABC2012, 11x15mm, 1.19g

ex Graham Slater Collection.

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Bodvoc Bold

BODVOC on plain field/Triple tailed horse right, wheel below, cross, crescent and 2 ringed pellets above forming hidden face

Rare

BODVOC / Horse

ABC2039, S388; 19mm, 4.31g

This coin comes with a rough find area provenance.

An interesting coin, whether these were actually bronze cores and then gilded/plated to be passed off as gold staters is debatable given that when examples like this are found they have no sign of gilding/plating. With other ancient coins where this is the case varied amounts of the outer layer survives and is visible suggesting that these bronze Dobunnic coins were in actual fact made and circulated as bronze staters and never intended to be contemporary forgeries of the more valuable gold coinage.

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*Rare*

Tree symbol / Triple tailed horse right with wheel below. EISV and hidden face above

ABC2078, S381; 19mm, 5.46g

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This is easily the finest Eisu stater we have seen, a central, bold strike on both sides and with little wear. They don’t come better than this!

This coin is recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme, Record ID: SOM-EE63F3 – IRON AGE coin

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Cotswold Oxo

Moon head right with pellet triads for hair, pellet in ring for eye, cross and pellet in ring below/ Triple tailed annulate horse left

ABC2027, S377, 13mm, 1.11g

Good metal for type.

ex Graham Slater collection.

The Dobunni tribe covered one of the largest areas in Iron Age Britain extending over the western borders into modern day Wales. Some say the pink coloured gold used to strike most of the Dobunni staters is such because the gold was mined in the Welsh hills and had an above average copper content. There are 9 main types of stater, 7 inscribed, 3 quarter staters, one inscribed and an extensive series of units, two of which are inscribed. All Dobunni coins are rare with some being extremely rare. The ruler ‘Inamn’ is only known from one base stater & a unit, hopefully more coins will come to light in the future to clarify his name. One interesting point of discussion is the symbol shown on the obverse of 8 of the staters, I’ve heard to referred to as a corn ear, tree or skeleton, my personal favourite is a tree as I imagine the land of the Dobunni to have been heavily forested back in the 1st Century BC and just about everything was made from wood back then so a worthy tribute to an important natural resource.
The tribes centre was at Bagendon before moving to modern day Cirencester, known by the Romans as ‘Corinium’ or ‘Kironium’,one wonders about the similarities in this name to the Dobunni king Corio.

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Savernake Forest

Plain / Skinny horse with pellet mane, solar spiral above and large wheel below, torc like motif in front

Rare. ABC2091, S37, 16mm, 4.19g

ex Graham Slater collection.

The East Wiltshire tribe is a small group striking uninscribed coinage in gold (mainly base) silver & bronze. For many years the East Wilts coins were looked upon as crude contemporary copies of the Dobunnic series but thanks to many more being found by metal detectorists in recent years they are now recognised as much more than this. Found in North & East Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and occasionally in West Berkshire this tribe occupied land sandwiched between the Dobunni to the North & Atrebates to the South both of which must have been friendly neighbours as if not then surely the East Wilts Tribe would never have been as successful as to strike quite a series of coinage.
These coins are rare & on the national market seldom offered for sale however we are based just a few miles from the East Wilts area so some of our local detectorists are lucky enough to find them. This allows us to offer a good stock of East Wilts coins.

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Savernake Wreaths

Wreaths / Horse right

Extremely rare

ABC2089, 14x17mm, 5.27g

The East Wiltshire tribe is a small group striking uninscribed coinage in gold (mainly base) silver & bronze. For many years the East Wilts coins were looked upon as crude contemporary copies of the Dobunnic series but thanks to many more being found by metal detectorists in recent years they are now recognised as much more than this. Found in North & East Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and occasionally in West Berkshire this tribe occupied land sandwiched between the Dobunni to the North & Atrebates to the South both of which must have been friendly neighbours as if not then surely the East Wilts Tribe would never have been as successful as to strike quite a series of coinage.
These coins are rare & on the national market seldom offered for sale however we are based just a few miles from the East Wilts area so some of our local detectorists are lucky enough to find them. This allows us to offer a good stock of East Wilts coins.

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