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Author Topic: Please can you help identify this object.  (Read 2103 times)

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ryder

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Please can you help identify this object.
« on: June 28, 2003, 02:00:51 pm »
It is grey in colour and has a smooth shiney suface. The reverse is plain. It has a specific gravity of 8.96  It looks to have a tin or silver inclusion.
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sejanus

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Re:Please can you help identify this object.
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2003, 01:11:33 pm »
It's a cast potin unit from Gaul. :)
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ryder

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Re:Please can you help identify this object.
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2003, 01:50:44 pm »
Thanks Sejanus,

You seem very positive that it is a potin. Are potins sometimes blank on reverse?

It has been suggested that it is a mediaeval sheperd's token.

ryder.

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sejanus

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Re:Please can you help identify this object.
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2003, 06:04:01 pm »
It may be - I don't know.  But here are a few other cast Gallic potins to compare yours to. ;)
http://www.ancientimports.com/introtopotinsofgaul.html
http://www.ancientimports.com/cgi-bin/category.pl?id=32&page=9 (the link to the next pages is at the bottom :))
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