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Description: | A hoard of 27 iron age staters. 23 recovered by three finders, the remaining four were retrieved during a small scale excavation of the findspot by Terrain Archaeology.Curator's Report:2010 T543 Tarrant Valley II, Dorset REPORT TO HM CORONER Circumstances of discovery Twenty-seven Iron Age coins were found by Mr. D. Eagles, Mr. J. Earley and Mr. D. Grenfell on 26th June, 3rd July and 8th July 2010. The coins were found in pasture in a scattered group in an area of approximately 3m x 7m. The findspot is near to the area of an earlier find of Iron Age gold staters known as the Tarrant Valley hoard but of sufficient distance away from that hoard not to be related to it. The coins The coins consist of 27 silver uninscribed staters, of types associated with the Durotriges, a people thought to have inhabited an area covering the modern county of Dorset, parts of Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire and the Isle of Wight during the late Iron Age. All were produced in the mid to late first century BC (about 60 to 20 BC). They are all of the same type, VA 1246 / BMC 2728. The weights and CCI numbers are given below (nos. 2010 T543-1 to -27):CCI: 10.1120 5.75g CCI: 10.1121 5.43g CCI: 10.1122 5.23g CCI: 10.1123 5.04g CCI: 10.1124 5.28g CCI: 10.1125 5.71g CCI: 10.1126 5.73g CCI: 10.1127 5.74g CCI: 10.1128 5.47g CCI: 10.1129 5.49g CCI: 10.1130 5.45g CCI: 10.1131 5.68g CCI: 10.1132 5.66g CCI: 10.1133 5.32g CCI: 10.1134 5.29g CCI: 10.1135 5.24g CCI: 10.1136 5.53g CCI: 10.1137 5.12g CCI: 10.1138 5.61g CCI: 10.1139 5.50g CCI: 10.1140 5.47g CCI: 10.1141 5.54g CCI: 10.1142 5.21g CCI: 10.1143 5.50g CCI: 10.1144 5.42g CCI: 10.1145 5.51g CCI: 10.1146 5.36gThe coins above have been recorded with the CCI as CCI no.s 10.1120 to 10.1146. VA = Van Arsdell, Celtic Coinage of Britain, London, 1989 BMC = Hobbs, British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum 1996 CCI = Celtic Coin Index (Oxford and online www.finds.org.uk/CCI ) Recommendation These coins satisfy the various criteria of the Treasure Act. They are more than 300 years old and the find comprises two or more coins with precious metal content in excess of the 10% threshold. They are of the same type and it is likely that they are therefore part of the same find. Conclusion I would conclude that the present coins should be regarded as a prima facie case of treasure under the terms of the Treasure Act (1996). Dr Eleanor Ghey Department of Coins and Medals The British Museum 22 December 2010
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