Posted on 07/15/2021 9:00:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The Iron Age coins—known as potins due to the copper, tin and lead alloy used to make them—each measure about 1.2 inches in diameter. They show stylized images representing the Greek god Apollo on one side and a charging bull on the other.
In England, potins have mostly been found around Kent, Essex and Hertfordshire. People in Britain may have begun making the coins around 150 B.C. The earliest versions were bulky disks known as Kentish Primary, or Thurrock, types. Comparatively, the newly discovered potins—now dubbed the Hillingdon Hoard—are of the “flat linear” type, which uses simplified and abstracted images. Researchers have found similar coins from the late Iron Age, but in much smaller quantities.
According to the researchers, the find dates to around the time that Julius Caesar’s Roman forces first invaded Britain, in 55 and 54 B.C. Per English Heritage, the Romans did not conquer the region at that time, instead reaching a peace with its leaders. The Roman Empire maintained a diplomatic relationship with Britain for about a century, until 43 A.D., when Emperor Claudius mounted an invasion that eventually led to the empire’s expansion into the region.
(Excerpt) Read more at smithsonianmag.com ...
Family heirlooms and me not saying a word.
Woo hoo!
Nah. In England, if the authories want them, they have to pay the finders fair market value, as determined by a third party committee.
I loved that show.
“PA Media reports that the newly discovered coins may be recognized as treasure under British law.”
Of course the government is going to steal them.
Yes, it’s with more than our fiat currency. The U.S. government is illegitimate.
Wait...I think I dropped those...yeah yeah...Apollo and a bull...just like mine.
Sure, as long as the bar codes were correct and it wasn’t stamped “made in China.”
Would love to go Mudlarking on the Thames. They turn up coins from the Tutors. One market even turned up a Victorian Cross.
Of course the government is going to steal them.
If any or all of the treasure is of interest to public museums the government pays full-market value for them. This way, there is no reason to conceal found treasure. And check out the series ‘The Detectorists’ as cited above.
Nice! Thanks BenLurkin.
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Ah, Potins from heaven, which was linguistically changed into ‘pennies from heaven.’
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