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« on: May 12, 2013, 04:02:37 PM »

Hi

I need some help identifying this one. It's obvioulsy a Celtic unit.

It has a silver/coppery colour to it, and is thick.

Here's side one:



Here's side 2:



Any help appreciated. Thanks!
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« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2013, 07:53:10 PM »
Hi Bob, can't help with I.D. but can say .....jammy burger.  Lovely find, well done.

Val
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« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2013, 08:15:21 PM »
nice find bob............. Cool
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« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2013, 08:33:35 PM »
Well found Bob, what part of the country were you? It looks to be one from down here....A billon stater of the Durotriges Wink
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« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2013, 10:21:11 PM »


Found in South Wales, Geoff.

It's another one I never got round to identifying.  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2013, 11:30:22 PM »
Unusual area to find them but there is one recorded for both RCT and Monmouthshire so not unheard of. This is what I think it is;
SOM-A5F8C7" style="float:right;<acronym title="The Portable Antiquities Scheme">PAS</acronym> record number: SOM-A5F8C7

Object type: Coin

Broadperiod: Iron Age

County of discovery: Wiltshire

Stable url: <a href="http://http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/526653" title="SOM-A5F8C7: a Iron Age Coin">http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/526653[/url]
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« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2013, 10:03:44 AM »


Thanks, Geoff.  Smiley
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« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2013, 11:03:35 AM »
Quote from: Chef  Geoff on May 12, 2013, 11:30:22 PM
Unusual area to find them but there is one recorded for both RCT and Monmouthshire so not unheard of.

It's amazing they are actually on a database Smiley - looks like the Silures were palmed off with one of the later, more billon examples though!
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« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2013, 11:08:38 AM »
Yes there are no gold or silver examples recorded for Wales but of course you have to take finders honesty and greed in to account too Huh
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« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2013, 06:57:03 PM »
Quote from: Chef  Geoff on May 13, 2013, 11:08:38 AM
Yes there are no gold or silver examples recorded for Wales but of course you have to take finders honesty and greed in to account too Huh
I really dont know how the records are kept then Geoff as I was there personally when one Gold Stater was recorded Smiley
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« Reply #10 on: May 13, 2013, 08:42:07 PM »
Oh there are plenty recorded that were issued by the Dobunni, I'm only referring to those from the Durotriges tribe. Although they had no land border I'm surprised that more don't come up due to cross channel trade (Bristol) as the vast majority of the gold staters of the Durotriges are found on the periphery of their territories and are thought to represent proof of trading with neighbouring tribes.
But then again it increasingly seems that the Silures put no value in gold what so ever and were probably similar to tribes in Ireland who based wealth on cattle Wink
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« Reply #11 on: May 14, 2013, 12:14:04 PM »
Quote from: Chef  Geoff on May 13, 2013, 08:42:07 PM
Oh there are plenty recorded that were issued by the Dobunni, I'm only referring to those from the Durotriges tribe. Although they had no land border I'm surprised that more don't come up due to cross channel trade (Bristol) as the vast majority of the gold staters of the Durotriges are found on the periphery of their territories and are thought to represent proof of trading with neighbouring tribes.
But then again it increasingly seems that the Silures put no value in gold what so ever and were probably similar to tribes in Ireland who based wealth on cattle Wink

Lol visions of the Silures getting fed up of those silly gold rocks they had to rake out of the ground when planting crops     Grin
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