An Iron Age cast copper-alloy Gaulish bronze unit, or 'potin', produced in the territory of the Leuci, dating to c. 80-50 BC. Obverse: wreath head left. Reverse: boar left with a crude fleur-de-lis below. Allen, Catalogue of the Celtic Coins in the British Museum, Vol III, p. 93, no. 412ff; Delestre and Tache, Vol I, p. 64, cf. no. DT 227; H. Patat, Potins Celtes, p. 32, cf. 15.20, or similar.
For a simialr potin recorded on the Portable Antiquities Shcheme database see SUR-AC8716.
An Iron Age cast copper-alloy Gaulish bronze unit, or 'potin', produced in the territory of the Leuci, dating to c. 80-50 BC. Obverse: wreath head left. Reverse: boar left with a crude fleur-de-lis below. Allen, Catalogue of the Celtic Coins in the British Museum, Vol III, p. 93, no. 412ff; Delestre and Tache, Vol I, p. 64, cf. no. DT 227; H. Patat, Potins Celtes, p. 32, cf. 15.20, or similar.
For a simialr potin recorded on the Portable Antiquities Shcheme database see SUR-AC8716.
Recorded remotely with information and photos provided by the finder.
A RDF representation of BH-EA4F35
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BH-EA4F35
BH-EA4F35
Copper alloy
-0080
-0050
18.
5.
Potin (Cast bronze)
Denomination
18.
Diameter
5.
Weight
Eastern
Excavated, discovered at, or find spot of object
GB
en-GB
The Trustees of the British Museum
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Attribute as courtesy of the British Museum
A thumbnail image of BH-EA4F35
Copper alloy
Primary material of object
Complete
wreath head left
wreath head left
boar left with a crude fleur-de-lis below
boar left with a crude fleur-de-lis below
Reverse
Meppershall
Meppershall
52.010732
52.010732
-0.340422
-0.340422
Central Bedfordshire
By Attribution 3.0
The period from for the object
Attribute as courtesy of the British Museum
A full resolution image of BH-EA4F35
-0080
-0050
Method of manufacture