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. Silver stater. 18-20mm. 4.63g. Wreath and crescents./ Disjointed horse facing left, pellets above and around, coffee bean behind. ABC 2169, VA 1235-1, BMC 2555-636, S 366, CCI 00.1209. Gd VF, large flan of lightly toned silver, complete horse. Ex A Strain collection (bt. Chris Rudd 2011), ex A Clarke collection (bt. Chris Rudd 2000), ex A Bomberg collection (bt Chris Rudd 1999). Found Dorset, October 1998.               Was £450. Now only £395