celtic potin
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Nice one mate 
, give her a pat on the back from me 
. And welcome to Tnet 
.
hammered
, give her a pat on the back from me . And welcome to Tnet .hammered
CRUSADER
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Still looking for my first but I guess you in the Kent area 
Welcome to Tnet
I wish I had a Gold like your Avatar 8)
Welcome to Tnet
I wish I had a Gold like your Avatar 8)
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Great looking piece of history
Thanks for sharing.
Grats
G1
Thanks for sharing.
Grats
G1
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It's a shame that this find hasn't got many replies
![:-\](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/undecided.gif "Undecided :-\")
but it's only the British guys that know how inportant a find it is....keep posting SS
...i bet she had that bit of gold up as well 
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Great looking relic Ed. . . now she's one up on you! 
Cheers,
Dave
Cheers,
Dave
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Anything celtic is cool in my book! congrats! Does your wife always find the best stuff! lol
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guess my gold celtic wasn'tcntrydncr1 said:
Silver Searcher:
So right you are! As one onliner states (reference below):
Many if not most collectors of ancient coins outside of Europe have never heard of a potin.
An interesting article on the subject can be found here:
http://www.ancientimports.com/introtopotinsofgaul.html
Don.......
So right you are! As one onliner states (reference below):
Many if not most collectors of ancient coins outside of Europe have never heard of a potin.
An interesting article on the subject can be found here:
http://www.ancientimports.com/introtopotinsofgaul.html
Don.......
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Very nice. 
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That's a Banner find!!!
The word “potin” was the name given by 19th century metallurgists to a special alloy of bronze, which contained an unusually high percentage of tin (up to 25 percent), and quite often an appreciable percentage of lead as well.
What a cool find~
I vote Banner
The word “potin” was the name given by 19th century metallurgists to a special alloy of bronze, which contained an unusually high percentage of tin (up to 25 percent), and quite often an appreciable percentage of lead as well.
What a cool find~
I vote Banner
Congrats to your wife !
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That is a great find ! Thanks for the photo
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I bet this is more important than it looks. The tone of some of the responses allude to something exceptional about this find. Can you explain why this is so amazing? Just being Celtic makes it tops to me. You said you didnt know why it was where you are, why? What is a potin? How old is it, what is it and why are the English here are so excited? I want to be more excited too! Tell me I want to know! Celtic things are fascinating to me.
All gold coins dug from the earth should make banner regardless if they are 80 years old or 800. Gold coins are the universal image for treasure and it seems to be the one thing anyone digs up that makes their heart skip at first glance and draws their breath short as they hold it. Gold coins are the bullseye. Rare silver is nice, diamond rings are great but a gold coin is truly special and if a golden Celtic coin was found and didnt make banner instantly than I dont understand what the banner is for. Ancient treasure coins seems like a no brainer...Think of it...a golden coin in the Iron Age...now youre holding it.
All gold coins dug from the earth should make banner regardless if they are 80 years old or 800. Gold coins are the universal image for treasure and it seems to be the one thing anyone digs up that makes their heart skip at first glance and draws their breath short as they hold it. Gold coins are the bullseye. Rare silver is nice, diamond rings are great but a gold coin is truly special and if a golden Celtic coin was found and didnt make banner instantly than I dont understand what the banner is for. Ancient treasure coins seems like a no brainer...Think of it...a golden coin in the Iron Age...now youre holding it.
