Unique ID: 99
The Duro Boat Gold and the Duro Boat Bird quarter staters were minted by the Durotriges around 80-50 BC and 50-20 BC respectively. They are a continuation of the boat and geometric theme started by the Morini tribe with their GB-Ca2 and GB-D quarter staters. The Durotriges started minting these coins in gold but transitioned to silver as their gold stocks ran out. The transition between the gold and silver coinages is subtle and it’s not always clear whether a particular coin should be categorised as Duro Boat Gold (gold) or Duro Boat Bird (silver). The blue iridescent toning on this coin shows that it has a high silver content, but as it has a significant golden hue it could be assigned to either. My opinion is that if I’m not sure if it’s gold, then it’s not.
This is one of eight in the collection (see 1, 9, 13, 15, 100, 110, and 118).