Gold Stater Insular X1 Horton

The Durotriges occupied what is now Dorset and parts of Somerset and Wiltshire, and their coinage tells a story of progressive debasement — gold staters like this one represent the earlier, relatively pure end of a sequence that would deteriorate into uninscribed billon and eventually cast bronze issues by the time of the Roman conquest. The tribe never adopted legends on their coinage, leaving attribution entirely dependent on find-spot distribution and die analysis.

Sills' classification of Insular X types draws heavily on hoard evidence from sites concentrated in Durotrigian territory. The Horton designation references findspot geography in the broader Cranborne Chase area.