MoBob
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Wow , man that's an amazing find. Thanks for sharing a very old , and cool coin . Finds like that is what makes our hobby so special. Awesome man !
Coin of the Durotriges tribe. Circa 30 BC - AD 10
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Thank you.
Northern Gaul is today France.
"The tribe's name can probably be broken down into two parts. ‘Duro’ may come from 'dubro', which derives from the British word for water (‘dour’ or ‘dwr’), although it is much more likely to be 'duro', which means 'hard', and ‘trig’ means inhabitant. That would produce something along the lines of 'the inhabitants of the hard [ground]' or the 'hill-top dwellers'.
Both meanings would seem to be very appropriate for the chalky soil of the Dorset Downs and the region's many hill forts, but that raises the question of what the tribe called itself before it arrived there???????"
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Thank you.
karel
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Dream of any hunter here I'd say
NevTrac
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Amazing find, congrats! I'm happy when I break into the 1800's. Can't imagine digging something that old.
Rattlehead
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Wow! THAT is old!
Surf Master
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Your the Man
Doug, look's like you have the
for the oldest coin found on the forum, unless someone post's up 
, must be nice to live in a country with endless history, thanks' for sharing, Earl 
Doug, look's like you have the
for the oldest coin found on the forum, unless someone post's up , must be nice to live in a country with endless history, thanks' for sharing, Earl Doug, look's like you have the
Thank you one and all, not sure I can get any older in the coin department, the coin is now back with the landowner.
One coin will not prove that the local tribe lived or farmed on his land but looking at the find spot and the geographical layout of the land chances are the person who lost it may have possibly transiting up through the valley between the two sets of hills?
Doug.
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