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Title: celtic
Post by: shunggav on July 04, 2011, 05:20:59 PM
i posted this last year but as a lot of new peeps are on here  now here u are Celtic potin the flo info of this coin Copper alloy unit
Continental Iron Age of the Suessiones tribe (north-east of Paris)
c. 60-25 BC
Obv. Janiform head
Rev. Lion standing left; three ringlets above, one ringlet below


Title: Re: celtic
Post by: Chef Geoff on July 04, 2011, 05:27:39 PM
Very very nice Gav well done mate as rare has hens teeth this far west and north, brilliant. ;)


Title: Re: celtic
Post by: Neil on July 04, 2011, 05:32:06 PM
Love it Gav - great find. Lovely seeing a potin and part of its stem from casting.

I have a Searcher article somewhere that shows how they were made - I'll see if I can find the photo.

Well done

Neil


Title: Re: celtic
Post by: Jassy on July 04, 2011, 05:59:22 PM
what a beaut!


Title: Re: celtic
Post by: benny on July 05, 2011, 06:30:32 AM
Thats very nice Gav! Was that found in the Forest of Dean area?


Title: Re: celtic
Post by: nobby on July 05, 2011, 08:39:35 AM
cracking coin m8....and a good idea posting old finds for fresh eyes ::)


Title: Re: celtic
Post by: dances with badgers on July 05, 2011, 11:05:12 AM
very nice i bet you were buzzin when you pulled that out ooh


Title: Re: celtic
Post by: Villan (Neil) on July 05, 2011, 11:08:11 AM
What a cracking find  :o Lucky man


Title: Re: celtic
Post by: legio11augustus on July 05, 2011, 11:38:39 AM
never seen one before ,its a cracker


Title: Re: celtic
Post by: waltonbasinman on July 06, 2011, 09:42:14 AM
Wow Gav that is fantastic. If I had found this I would be over the moon. Well done sir.


Title: Re: celtic
Post by: Roman (Ray) on July 06, 2011, 11:37:14 AM
wwooww welldone shungav cracking find mucker.again welldone.
ray


Title: Re: celtic
Post by: tyna on July 06, 2011, 01:46:12 PM
That's  a great find - I've only found would be ones - un-struck, though, still interesting nevertheless  :)


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