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1/4 Silver Stater 'Durotrigan H'
| Issuer | Durotriges tribe |
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| Year | 40 BC - 35 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Sp#368, V#1260, Mack#319 |
| Obverse description | Highly abstract and stylised design derived from the devolved Durotrigan coinage tradition, depicting a schematic crescent form accompanied by radiating appendages, conventionally interpreted as a representation of three figures in a boat. The design occupies the entire field of the irregular flan and is rendered in low, worn relief typical of late Durotrigan issues. No legend or inscription is present. The imagery reflects the progressive abstraction of earlier Continental and Armorican prototypes. |
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| Mintage | ND (40 BC - 35 BC) |
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The Durotriges, occupying what is now Dorset and parts of Somerset, were among the most resistant of British tribes to Roman cultural penetration — their coinage reflects this insularity in an almost perverse way. While neighboring tribes increasingly adopted continental die-cutting techniques and figural clarity, Durotrigan issues underwent deliberate or indifferent abstraction across successive types, with 'H' sitting near the terminal point of that devolution. By this stage, silver content had been so aggressively debased that "billon" is charitable; many analyzed examples fall closer to silver-washed bronze.
The fractional denomination is poorly understood in terms of its economic function within the tribe's exchange system.