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. 15-18mm. 3.27g. Traces of wreath./ Horse facing left, pellets. ABC 2169, VA 1235-1, BMC 2555-636, S 367.Fair. Fd. Isle of Wight, 2010-21.                                                      Was £20. Now only £15