Dorchester Y-Type

Copyright Joseph Dillon

Notes

One of the earliest Durotrigan coins. Struck on a semi-globular flan with a plain obverse. The reverse consists of a horizontal bar through the centre with an angled bar above. The angle of the bar changes from acute to almost 90 degrees on different reverse dies.

Most coins are in the range 1.53g to 1.67g but there are two outliers:

  • CCI-990687 is 0.76g
  • CCI-09.3492 is 1.96g

Listed as Excessively rare (2 to 5 known examples) in ABC, it's actually only Extremely Rare (6 to 15). The catalogue lists eight coins, one of which might be the CCI-09.3492 listed in “Divided Kingdoms”

Tribe

Durotriges

Denomination

Quarter Stater

Metal

Gold

Obverse Legend

No Legend

Obverse Description

Blank hemisphere

Reverse Legend

No Legend

Reverse Description

Two bars forming a Y shape

Area

Britain

Region

South Western

Weight

0.76g to 1.95g

Date

60 BC to 50 BC

References

  1. ABC 2145
  2. DK Insular Xe2 (291)
  3. Van Arsdell-
  4. BMC-
  5. Spink-
  6. Made for Trade-

Catalogue

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1.96g

  1. DEC-2015: Timeline Auctions Lot 2034 The coin sold for £1,114 + fees
  2. 2009: Possibly CCI-09.3492
  3. Date unknown: Bought from Chris Rudd
  4. Date unknown: ex Joseph Fay collection
  5. Date unknown: ex Alan Cooper collection
  6. Date unknown: ex Nigel Mills collection

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1.67g

  1. 1996: CCI-961475

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1.6g

  1. 1994: CCI-940039

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1.6g

  1. 1994: CCI-941176

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1.53g

  1. 1994: CCI-940232

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1.65g

  1. 11-JUNE-2018: Chris Rudd List 159 Lot 29. The coin sold for £1,400 + fees (£1,702)

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1.54g

  1. 15-Sept-2019: Chris Rudd Auction 166, Lot 27. Opens at £1,200 with an estimate of £1,500
  2. 17-NOV-2018: Seen on Facebook's "English hammered and early milled coin collectors" group
  3. 04-AUG-2016: Seen on the Metal Detecting Forum

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0.76g. Copper alloy rather than gold

  1. 1999: Ex Chris Rudd List 46, #11. £150 1999: CCI-990687