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Description: | An Iron Age copper alloy potin hoard comprising 16 coins dating mid 1st century BC. Potin 13Curator's report:The CoinsAll sixteen coins belong to a class of Iron Age coins known as 'Flat Linear I' potins. While the majority of Iron Age coins were produced by striking a gold, silver or bronze blank between a pair of dies, potins were instead cast in moulds and made from a lead/tin-rich bronze alloy. Although highly abstract, it is clear that their designs copied earlier types which depicted a human head and a butting bull, originally derived from the coinage of the Greek city of Massalia (Marseille, France). Flat Linear potins were produced in Kent and the south-east in the mid first century BC. The coins can be summarised as follows:Flat Linear I potin; head right, bull right; Type VA 1251. Weight: 1.35g Registered as CCI 08.6287 LON-2BCD302. Weight: 0.78g (broken) Registered as CCI 08.6288 LON-2BCFB2Flat Linear I potin; head right, bull left; Type VA 1293. Weight: 1.81g Registered as CCI 08.6289 LON-2BBFD74. Weight: 1.99g Registered as CCI 08.6290 LON-2BC802 5. Weight: 1.68g Registered as CCI 08.6291 LON-2BBD776. Weight: 1.74g Registered as CCI 08.6292 LON-2BA6937. Weight: 1.62g Registered as CCI 08.6293 LON-2BC5248. Weight: 1.86g Registered as CCI 08.6294 LON-1AC785Flat Linear I potin; head left, bull right; Type VA 1319. Weight: 1.88g Registered as CCI 08.6295 LON-1ACB4110. Weight: 1.37g Registered as CCI 08.6296 LON-875CB1 11. Weight: 1.72g Registered as CCI 08.6297 LON-2BC2B312. Weight: 1.48g Registered as CCI 08.6298 LON-2BCAD513. Weight: 1.55g Registered as CCI 08.6299 LON-2B8D52Flat Linear I potin; head left, bull left; Type VA 13314. Weight: 2.28g Registered as CCI 08.6300 LON-1AB931Flat Linear I potin; uncertain type (VA 125 etc)15. Weight: 0.52g (broken) Registered as CCI 08.6301 LON-2BD21616. Weight: 0.38g (fragment) Registered as CCI 08.6302 LON-2BDE91VA = Van Arsdell, Celtic Coinage of Britain, London, 1989CCI = Celtic Coin Index, Oxford & LondonAge, number, MetalThe present find easily satisfies the terms of the Treasure Act with regard to their age, metal and number. The coins are clearly more than 300 years old and there are more than ten base metal coins.Of the same find?The type and reported circumstances of discovery strongly suggest that these coins formed a single group at the time of their burial in antiquity.ConclusionI would conclude that the present coins should be regarded as a prima facie case of treasure under the terms of the Treasure Act (1996).Ian Leins, Department of Coins and Medals, The British Museum, 29 August 2008
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