Stater

Hello to all I have a durotrigan b gold stater 65bc to 45bc my question is is it pure gold ? Ie 24 carat  98% gold because I have been told it's 10 carat gold which means 45% gold and 45% silver is this correct

Welcome to Numista. These coins in general are not very well documented, especially gold examples. Photos, weight, diameter, and other information about your example would be helpful in addressing your question specifically.  Having said that, generally speaking,  no it would not be near 24k gold  and certainly not 10k gold. AV coins of that type are loosely described as only  “high purity” gold content without being specific due to the crude manufacturing of these type coins so long ago. This makes me question the  coins  authenticity at 10k which is very low gold content.

Tank you for your reply here are the details 18 mm in dia and it weighs 6 grams hope this is sufficient detail

 Allow other members to chime in and lets see if we can get to the bottom of this. Meantime:

https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/celtic/britain/durotriges/

Note the first coin in the attached link

Pretty coin even if it is a replica ☺️

How do I make it public so others can chime in 

It's already here for members to see. Give it some time, even a few days.

Thank you for your time and advice the reason why I am asking is a place I took it to for more info he had a machine which could test purity and he said it came up with 10 carat gold I am not entirely sure he was being honest this is why I have questions so thanks to all in advance 

paulg61

Thank you for your time and advice the reason why I am asking is a place I took it to for more info he had a machine which could test purity and he said it came up with 10 carat gold I am not entirely sure he was being honest this is why I have questions so thanks to all in advance 

Why would he lie? Surely if real it would be worth more than melt value?  What is the thickness?

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It's about 3 mm thick 

With those dimensions and weight I'm inclined to believe 10 karat (41.7%) gold is correct.

Interesting read attached with valuable additional information on the whole subject matter of Celtic tribe coins and it puts things in perspective. So 10K is not out of the question but it flies in the face of  the “high purity” gold content.  Perhaps it was high purity gold before they started adding so much silver and then even copper while they reduced the size. Thus the difficulty in authenticating.  An additional note. Grading companies will grade and assess your ancients but then specifically state that it is their judgement and opinion only and they do not guarantee or imply authenticity like they do with more modern coins. Now we know why.

https://vanarsdellcelticcoinageofbritain.com/background-pages_ccb3/denominations_1_ccb3.html

Thank you all for your valuable information I now have learnt a bit more and will use this information with other subjects I come  across 

Hi - it's a British B “Chute” stater so normally somewhere in the 45-36% gold range.  

For interest, they aren’t Durotrigan. Van Arsdell wrote many fine things in his book, but he went well off the rails when it came to these.  There's a bit more up-to-date information here http://tcx3.co.uk/coin/5-chute/

Oh, and yours is perfectly genuine.

Thank you so much for your information