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COIN
Unique ID: IOW-F04D31
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A Continental Iron Age potin from Central Gaul attributed to the Aedui, dating to the late 2nd or early 1st century BC.
Obverse: Abstract Diademed bust left
Reverse: Abstract design, possibly based on a hippocamp
Delestree and Tache, Series 890, Class 2-3, cf. DT3202-3203.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: For inclusion in British Numismatic Journal ‘Coin Register’
Class: Potin
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 125 BC
Date to: Circa 50 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.63 g
Diameter: 17.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 11th September 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2011-1-431
Materials and construction
Primary material: Tin or tin alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Potin (Cast bronze)
Geographic provenance: Continental Gaulish (East Central)
Obverse description: Abstract Diademed bust left
Reverse description: Abstract design, possibly based on hippocamp
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Status: Regular
Coin references
- Delestree & Tache : Series 890, Class 2-3, cf. DT3202-3203
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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