Gold 1/4 Stater Uncertain Geometric

The Durotriges occupied the territory roughly corresponding to modern Dorset and Somerset, and their coinage represents one of the more dramatic degradation sequences in Celtic numismatics — abstract descendants of the Macedonian gold stater of Philip II, progressively abstracted over generations until the original imagery became entirely geometric. This piece falls within that dissolution, Van Arsdell 1231-01 placing it in the final pre-conquest phase before the tribe's contact with Caesar's Gallic campaigns reshaped regional trade networks and minting behavior.