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Offline Rens D

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Need help maybe Celtic?
« on: April 16, 2021, 05:45:39 pm »
Hi guys
Got a question hope someone could help me,is this a Celtic cast Potin coin? Found it on a Celtic/roman site
Diameter 16,4 cm
Weight 9,2 grams

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Re: Need help maybe Celtic?
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2021, 07:47:12 pm »
I think it is a lead shipping seal, not a coin.

Simple cast lead with a string hole through the body laterally.

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Offline Rens D

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Re: Need help maybe Celtic?
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2021, 09:58:46 pm »
Thanks Otlichnik for helping.but the hole is not trough
Thats weird
Greetings
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Re: Need help maybe Celtic?
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2021, 02:55:41 am »
Quote from: Rens D on April 16, 2021, 09:58:46 pm
... but the hole is not trough ...
Still filled with dirt?

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Re: Need help maybe Celtic?
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2021, 08:37:26 am »
Yes, that's an unstruck cast blank of a lead seal.
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Re: Need help maybe Celtic?
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