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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-E40108
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy Iron Age French Gallic 'Champagne Wild Man' potin of the Senones of South Champagne and North Burgundy. ABC 103, BMC 389-397.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: Regional importance
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 100 BC
Date to: Circa
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.67 g
Diameter: 18 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B15-1166
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Potin (Cast bronze)
Tribe: Senones
Geographic provenance: Continental Gaulish (East Central)
British Museum Catalogue type: 389-397x
Ancient British Coins (ABC): 103
Obverse description: A bust facing right with 'wild' hair
Reverse description: A horse going left with its tail raised
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Basingstoke and Deane (District)
Parish or ward: Overton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5050
Four figure Latitude: 51.24698882
Four figure longitude: -1.28503061
1:25K map: SU5050
1:10K map: SU55SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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