An Iron Age copper alloy potin hoard comprising 16 coins dating mid 1st century BC. Potin 7.
\nCurator's report:
\nThe Coins
\nAll sixteen coins belong to a class of Iron Age coins known as 'Flat Linear I' potins. While the majority of Iron Age coins were produced by striking a gold, silver or bronze blank between a pair of dies, potins were instead cast in moulds and made from a lead\/tin-rich bronze alloy. Although highly abstract, it is clear that their designs copied earlier types which depicted a human head and a butting bull, originally derived from the coinage of the Greek city of Massalia (Marseille, France). Flat Linear potins were produced in Kent and the south-east in the mid first century BC. The coins can be summarised as follows:<\/p>
\n<\/p>\n\n
Flat Linear I potin; head right, bull right; Type VA 125
\n1. Weight: 1.35g\t\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6287\t LON-2BCD30
\n2. Weight: 0.78g (broken)\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6288\t LON-2BCFB2<\/p>
\n<\/p>\n\n
Flat Linear I potin; head right, bull left; Type VA 129
\n3. Weight: 1.81g\t\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6289\tLON-2BBFD7
\n4. Weight: 1.99g\t\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6290\tLON-2BC802
\n5. Weight: 1.68g\t\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6291\tLON-2BBD77
\n6. Weight: 1.74g\t\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6292\tLON-2BA693
\n7. Weight: 1.62g\t\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6293\tLON-2BC524
\n8. Weight: 1.86g\t\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6294\tLON-1AC785<\/p>
\n<\/p>\n\n
Flat Linear I potin; head left, bull right; Type VA 131
\n9. Weight: 1.88g\t\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6295\tLON-1ACB41
\n10. Weight: 1.37g\t\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6296\tLON-875CB1
\n11. Weight: 1.72g\t\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6297\tLON-2BC2B3
\n12. Weight: 1.48g\t\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6298\tLON-2BCAD5
\n13. Weight: 1.55g\t\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6299\tLON-2B8D52<\/p>
\n<\/p>\n\n
Flat Linear I potin; head left, bull left; Type VA 133
\n14. Weight: 2.28g\t\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6300\tLON-1AB931<\/p>
\n<\/p>\n\n
Flat Linear I potin; uncertain type (VA 125 etc)
\n15. Weight: 0.52g (broken)\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6301\tLON-2BD216
\n16. Weight: 0.38g (fragment)\tRegistered as CCI 08.6302\tLON-2BDE91<\/p>
\n<\/p>\n\n
VA = Van Arsdell, Celtic Coinage of Britain, London, 1989
\nCCI = Celtic Coin Index, Oxford & London<\/p>
\n<\/p>\n\n
Age, number, Metal
\nThe present find easily satisfies the terms of the Treasure Act with regard to their age, metal and number. The coins are clearly more than 300 years old and there are more than ten base metal coins.<\/p>
\n<\/p>\n\n
Of the same find?
\nThe type and reported circumstances of discovery strongly suggest that these coins formed a single group at the time of their burial in antiquity.<\/p>
\n<\/p>\n\n
Conclusion
\nI would conclude that the present coins should be regarded as a prima facie case of treasure under the terms of the Treasure Act (1996).<\/p>
\n<\/p>\n\n
Ian Leins, Department of Coins and Medals, The British Museum, 29 August 2008<\/p>","notes":null,"old_findID":"LON-2BC524","id":"237203","objecttype":"Hoard","classification":null,"subclass":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2008-11-06 09:43:55","broadperiod":"IRON AGE","updated":"2011-03-08 18:48:00","treasureID":"2008T412","secwfstage":"4","secuid":"0014912BC5B0119C","findofnote":null,"objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":"2008-06-14","datefound2":null,"createdBy":"523","curr_loc":"Wandsworth Museum","inscription":null,"reason":null,"subsequentAction":"Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure"}],"record":[{"id":"237203","old_findID":"LON-2BC524","uniqueID":"0014912BC5B0119C","objecttype":"Hoard","classification":null,"subclass":null,"length":null,"height":null,"width":null,"thickness":null,"diameter":null,"quantity":"1","other_ref":null,"treasureID":"2008T412","broadperiod":"IRON AGE","numdate1":"-75","numdate2":"-25","description":"
An Iron Age copper alloy potin hoard comprising 16 coins dating mid 1st century BC. Potin 7.
\nCurator's report:
\nThe Coins
\nAll sixteen coins belong to a class of Iron Age coins known as 'Flat Linear I' potins. While the majority of Iron Age coins were produced by striking a gold, silver or bronze blank between a pair of dies, potins were instead cast in moulds and made from a lead\/tin-rich bronze alloy. Although highly abstract, it is clear that their designs copied earlier types which depicted a human head and a butting bull, originally derived from the coinage of the Greek city of Massalia (Marseille, France). Flat Linear potins were produced in Kent and the south-east in the mid first century BC. The coins can be summarised as follows:<\/p>
\n<\/p>\n\n
Flat Linear I potin; head right, bull right; Type VA 125
\n1. Weight: 1.35g\t\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6287\t LON-2BCD30
\n2. Weight: 0.78g (broken)\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6288\t LON-2BCFB2<\/p>
\n<\/p>\n\n
Flat Linear I potin; head right, bull left; Type VA 129
\n3. Weight: 1.81g\t\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6289\tLON-2BBFD7
\n4. Weight: 1.99g\t\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6290\tLON-2BC802
\n5. Weight: 1.68g\t\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6291\tLON-2BBD77
\n6. Weight: 1.74g\t\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6292\tLON-2BA693
\n7. Weight: 1.62g\t\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6293\tLON-2BC524
\n8. Weight: 1.86g\t\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6294\tLON-1AC785<\/p>
\n<\/p>\n\n
Flat Linear I potin; head left, bull right; Type VA 131
\n9. Weight: 1.88g\t\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6295\tLON-1ACB41
\n10. Weight: 1.37g\t\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6296\tLON-875CB1
\n11. Weight: 1.72g\t\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6297\tLON-2BC2B3
\n12. Weight: 1.48g\t\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6298\tLON-2BCAD5
\n13. Weight: 1.55g\t\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6299\tLON-2B8D52<\/p>
\n<\/p>\n\n
Flat Linear I potin; head left, bull left; Type VA 133
\n14. Weight: 2.28g\t\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6300\tLON-1AB931<\/p>
\n<\/p>\n\n
Flat Linear I potin; uncertain type (VA 125 etc)
\n15. Weight: 0.52g (broken)\t\tRegistered as CCI 08.6301\tLON-2BD216
\n16. Weight: 0.38g (fragment)\tRegistered as CCI 08.6302\tLON-2BDE91<\/p>
\n<\/p>\n\n
VA = Van Arsdell, Celtic Coinage of Britain, London, 1989
\nCCI = Celtic Coin Index, Oxford & London<\/p>
\n<\/p>\n\n
Age, number, Metal
\nThe present find easily satisfies the terms of the Treasure Act with regard to their age, metal and number. The coins are clearly more than 300 years old and there are more than ten base metal coins.<\/p>
\n<\/p>\n\n
Of the same find?
\nThe type and reported circumstances of discovery strongly suggest that these coins formed a single group at the time of their burial in antiquity.<\/p>
\n<\/p>\n\n
Conclusion
\nI would conclude that the present coins should be regarded as a prima facie case of treasure under the terms of the Treasure Act (1996).<\/p>
\n<\/p>\n\n
Ian Leins, Department of Coins and Medals, The British Museum, 29 August 2008<\/p>","notes":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2008-11-06 09:43:55","updated":"2011-03-08 18:48:00","secwfstage":"4","findofnote":null,"objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":"2008-06-14","datefound2":null,"inscription":null,"disccircum":null,"museumAccession":null,"subsequentAction":"5","objectCertainty":"1","dateFromCertainty":"1","dateToCertainty":"1","dateFoundFromCertainty":"1","dateFoundToCertainty":null,"subPeriodFrom":"3","subPeriodTo":"3","reason":null,"username":"ksumnall","fullname":"Kate Sumnall","institution":"LON","usernameUpdate":"ksumnall","fullnameUpdate":"Kate Sumnall","primaryMaterial":"Copper alloy","secondaryMaterial":null,"decoration":null,"style":null,"manufacture":"Cast","surfaceTreatment":null,"completeness":"Complete","preservation":"Fair","cert":"Certain","periodFrom":"IRON AGE","periodTo":"IRON AGE","culture":null,"discmethod":"Metal detector","finder":null,"identifier":"Mr Ian Leins","secondaryIdentifier":null,"recorder":"Mrs Kate Sumnall","county":"GREATER LONDON","parish":"BRENTFORD","district":"HOUNSLOW","easting":null,"northing":null,"gridref":null,"fourFigure":"TQ1675","map25k":"TQ5117","map10k":"TQ17NE","address":null,"postcode":null,"findspotdescription":null,"lat":null,"lon":null,"knownas":null,"source":"From Map","obverse_description":null,"obverse_inscription":null,"reverse_description":null,"reverse_inscription":null,"denomination":null,"degree_of_wear":null,"allen_type":null,"va_type":null,"mack":null,"reeceID":null,"die":null,"wearID":null,"moneyer":null,"revtypeID":null,"categoryID":null,"typeID":null,"tribeID":null,"status":null,"rulerQualifier":null,"denominationQualifier":null,"mintQualifier":null,"dieAxisCertainty":null,"initialMark":null,"reverseMintMark":null,"statusQualifier":null,"tribe":null,"region":null,"area":null,"ruler1":null,"ruler2":null,"period_name":null,"date_range":null,"mint_name":null,"wear":null,"die_axis_name":null,"category":null,"type":null,"emperorID":null,"mintid":null,"reverseType":null,"i":"319853","f":"Davey-PotinNo7.jpg","imagedir":"images\/ksumnall\/"}]}