The Durotriges, ‘fort dwellers?’ or Durotrages ‘fort runners?’, were a close-knit confederacy of sea-faring peoples in the south-west who controlled two major harbours, Poole and Christchurch, and traded with Armorica. Their territory closely matched that of Anglo-Saxon Wessex, centred on Dorset and defined by the rivers Avon, Wylye, Brue, Yeo and Parrett. Coins made at Hengistbury Head and elsewhere. 

Cranborne Chase. c.58-40 BC. Base silver stater. 18mm. 3.62g. Wreath and crescents./ Disjointed horse facing left, pellets above and around. ABC 2169, VA 1235-1, BMC 2555-636, S 367. Gd VF, lightly toned silver, sharp wreath, bold pellets. Found Allington, Wilts, 1970’s.                                                                            Was £85. Now only £60