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Duro Boat Dots silver quarter stater
Coin 06 · Durotriges (South Western region)
A silver quarter stater of the Durotriges. The record gives a 'three men in a boat' design on one face and a zigzag with a line of pellets on the other.
- Issuer or group
- Durotriges (South Western region)
- Metal
- Silver quarter stater
- Date (record)
- 50 BC–AD 43
- Catalogue refs (record)
- ABC 2211
- Specimen
- PAS 836206
- Specimen size
- Not in the record. The model is about 14.0 mm across, estimated from the scale in the photograph.
Obverse. 'Three men in a boat' design: hull with oars, three 'figures' or 'sails' above and a pellet rosette to the left (record). Not reconstructed
Reverse. Zigzag thunderbolts and a line of pellets across the field, with a Y-shape and uncertain objects to each side (record).
The obverse design is not legible on this specimen. The as-minted obverse is shown plain and marked as not reconstructed.
Diameter and weight are not in the record.
Features
| # | Feature | Face | As-minted evidence | On the found coin | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zigzag bars | Reverse | Observed in the photo | Survives on this find | Long raised upright bars, stepped across the middle of the face. |
| 2 | Line of pellets (upper) | Reverse | Observed in the photo | Survives on this find | A row of small raised dots beside the upper bar. |
| 3 | Line of pellets (lower) | Reverse | Observed in the photo | Survives on this find | A second row of raised dots beside the lower bar. |
| 4 | Ring with central pellet | Reverse | Observed in the photo | Survives on this find | A raised ring with a dot inside, to the right of the upper bar. |
| 5 | Ribbed fan shape | Reverse | Observed in the photo | Partly visible on this find | Parallel raised ribs spreading out at the lower left. |
| 6 | Curved shape (upper left) | Reverse | Observed in the photo | Partly visible on this find | A small crescent-like curve near the upper left edge. |
In the record but not modelled
- Boat hull with oars, three 'figures' and pellet rosette (obverse): The obverse is worn almost smooth; only a faint ridge remains, so nothing is marked or modelled on that face.
- Y-shape: Named in the record; we could not pick it out with confidence, so it is not marked.
The found specimen
- Wear
- Obverse worn almost smooth; reverse moderate, with clear raised lines and pellets.
- Corrosion
- Pale grey surface with fine scratches; no crusting visible.
- Strike
- Reverse design reasonably centred.
- Completeness
- Complete; nearly round flan.
These are descriptions, not grades. Thickness in the model: inferred (no weight or thickness recorded): set to 8.5% of the diameter.
Source and licence
Based on a photograph by Grace Clark / The Portable Antiquities Scheme, via the Portable Antiquities Scheme and Wikimedia Commons (file page as retrieved, revision 1082860960), 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: 7c9f58e00d5b7d96b2eb421fe60489f55618cc97d69b925cf92afac12bfe1443. Retrieved 2026-10-16.