Cranborne Chase. Durotriges.c.58-40 BC. Silver stater, probably with a little gold. 19mm. 5.37g. Wreath motif.Rev. Triple-tailed horse left, twelve large pellet and one small pellet above, ‘coffee bean’ behind, large pellet below. ABC 2157, VA 1235-1, BMC 2525-636, S 366. CCI 04.0249  

Previously known as ‘Abstract Type’ or ‘Mack 317’, Rudd re-named this series ‘Cranborne Chase’ after the N Dorset/S Wilts estates of Lt. General Augustus Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers (1827-1900), the father of British archaeology.