Belgae 65-40BC Gold Stater Chute Cheriton Transitional, Scarce

Belgae 65-40BC Gold Stater Chute/Cheriton Transitional type, Scarce.

Wreath , 3 Crescents and turf cutter below/ Disjointed horse left with four tails, pellet above and crab below.

ABC752, 17x19mm, 5.66g

Provenance will be provided.

Historically the Chute stater was always attributed to the Durotriges tribe but recent thinking has rearributed them to the Belgae, which consists a number of coin issuing tribes centered around Hampshire. The likelihood is that these were produced by an unnamed tribe, occupying land in modern day Hampshire/Dorset probably on the coast and with very good relationships to neighbouring tribes meaning that these were traded across the whole area, alongside other coinage. Hoards have been recorded in Dorset consisting of Chute type gold staters and Cranborne Chase silver staters, evidence that these were very much used by the Durotriges tribe during the 1st Century BC.