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COIN
Unique ID: OXON-EC1A44
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A cast copper-alloy Iron Age Gallo-Belgic potin of the Suessiones, c.60-20 BC, 'Soissons Eye Boar' type. Obverse: Head right. Reverse: Eye and boar motifs, pellets and neck torc below. ABC, p. 31, no. 85; Allen, 1995: p. 95, nos. 444-447; Scheers, 1977: no. 198.
This potin is in very good condition and shows little wear. The type is Gallo-Belgic and not common in Britain, with approximately 30 recorded examples on the PAS (including CCI records). However, a die matrix or punch has recently been recorded in Hampshire (SUR-08FD05) for a potin reverse of this type, bringing into question the location and processes behind their manufacture.
Notes:
The Suessiones "six peoples" lived around the river Aisne (Axona "river"). their capital: Noviodunum "New Fort" modern Soissons (Aisne, Picardy), which is named after the tribe.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: For inclusion in British Numismatic Journal ‘Coin Register’
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 60 BC
Date to: Circa 20 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 3.77 g
Diameter: 17.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st September 2019 - Thursday 20th February 2020
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OMS receipt 2379 Hungerford bag 2
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Potin (Cast bronze)
Tribe: Suessiones
Geographic provenance: Continental Gallo-Belgic
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 85
Obverse description: Head facing right
Reverse description: Eye and boar motif pellets and neck torc below
Die axis measurement: 2 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Kintbury (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3671
Four figure Latitude: 51.43685977
Four figure longitude: -1.48348199
1:25K map: SU3671
1:10K map: SU37SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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