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Badbury Starfish quarter stater
Coin 07 · Durotriges (South Western region)
A small silver quarter stater of the Durotriges. The record identifies it as cf. Badbury Starfish type: a five-armed 'starfish' on one face and lightning motifs on the other.
- Issuer or group
- Durotriges (South Western region)
- Metal
- Silver quarter stater
- Date (record)
- 60–30 BC
- Catalogue refs (record)
- cf. ABC 2220
- Specimen
- PAS 847444
- Specimen size
- 11.64 mm across, 0.7 g (from the record)
Obverse. Five-armed 'starfish' with lines of pellets between the arms (record). Not reconstructed
Reverse. Zigzag thunderbolt and line of pellets across the field, with a ribbed lightning motif on each side (record).
The obverse design is not legible on the only licensed specimen. The as-minted obverse is shown plain and marked as not reconstructed. A clearer CC BY or CC0 photograph of this type would allow it to be modelled.
Features
| # | Feature | Face | As-minted evidence | On the found coin | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Five-armed 'starfish' | Obverse | Record only: not modelled | Partly visible on this find | The record's main design. On this coin only faint ridges radiating from the centre remain; the arms cannot be counted. |
| 2 | Ribbed motif (upper) | Reverse | Observed in the photo | Partly visible on this find | Parallel raised ribs, part of a 'lightning flash' motif. |
| 3 | Ribbed motif (left) | Reverse | Observed in the photo | Partly visible on this find | A second group of parallel ribs at the left edge. |
| 4 | Zigzag and pellets | Reverse | Record only: not modelled | Not visible on this find | The record names a zigzag thunderbolt and a line of pellets across the field. We cannot see them on this photo. |
The found specimen
- Wear
- Heavy on the obverse: only faint radiating ridges remain.
- Corrosion
- Grey, granular surface with small green spots.
- Strike
- Reverse design partly off the flan.
- Completeness
- Complete flan with an irregular outline.
These are descriptions, not grades. Thickness in the model: inferred from the recorded weight and outline area, assuming about 10.0 g/cm³ for the broad metal.
Source and licence
Based on a photograph by Nadia Messina / Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, via the Portable Antiquities Scheme and Wikimedia Commons (file page as retrieved, revision 1118964952), licensed CC BY 2.0. Changes: the two faces were cut out of the photograph, rotated and rescaled to a common frame, and used to make an interpretive 3D reconstruction. Depth, the edge and unseen surfaces are inferred, not measured. The as-minted version is further cleaned, restored and recoloured by us.
SHA-256 of the archived original: 9c7a53fb907860b51a5e22c4b04a8eb69dc5aafa0c9af26c1c2783817cc912e8. Retrieved 2026-10-16.