Record ID: LON-58A9C0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age copper alloy potin, dating 100-50 BC. This is a Class I potin being circular with a rectangular tab projecting on one side. The obverse depicts a stylised bust, formed of three crescents forming the head and nose, with a ring and dot motif in the centre for the eye. None of the crescents meet. On the reverse is a bull, butting left, with a line below and two crescents above. There appears to be a pellet underneath and connected to the body of the bull. The closest exact parallel for this is in Hobbs (1996, no. 705) though none of the early potins are identical. The object …
Created on: Monday 8th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 15th March 2016
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