Celtic Coin?

[OutBack Duo]

I have posted this before but still haven't gotten a clear answer so thought I would try again. I found this coin on a beach on the east coast of France in 1995. I have searched all over the internet trying to find a coin like it but have not been able to. It is about the size of a penny and weighs 5g. It appears to be either bronze or plated. The front (pictured below) has what appears to be a prancing horse and the reverse is convex or rounded. If you have any idea of origin or age I would appreciate any information.

Thanks for looking!

Don

 

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[Montana Jim]

I wish you luck, must be frustrating to not know!

 

[DJ_Quinn]

That certainly looks Celtic to me, at least I've seen that syle. Please show the reverse.

 

[OutBack Duo]

here are 2 new scans and few pictures.

 

[OutBack Duo]

and the rest of the pics

 

[downindixie]

Have you tried http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/index.html They have one section devoted to Celtics!

 

[OutBack Duo]

Downindixie I have been to every Celtic site I could find and still couldn't find an image of my coin. Dugfinds sent me an email address for a celtic expert so I sent him the pics I have posted here, I hope he can help me to identify it.

Thanks for link, I will add it to my favorites, it has lots of pictures.

 

[DJ_Quinn]

Gosh, its hard to tell from the pics. I'd say its bronze all right, and most likely Celtic, although it could be from somewhere in the near-east like from the Bizantene Empire.

 

[OutBack Duo]

Well I got an email back with some info about this coin. I thought I would paste it in here to share with everyone. Thanks for looking.

hello Don,

thanks for your message. I think I can identify the coin. It's a cast bronze (or 'potin') coin from the early first century BC, probably produced by a tribe called the Sequani in what was then eastern Gaul. Nowadays they're found quite widely in eastern France and into Switzerland, Germany and Luxembourg.

The reverse (with the horned horse, with its tail raised) is in quite good condition for this type. The obverse should have a head facing left on it, though it's rather difficult to see here. There's a good example here: http://www.cgb.fr/monnaies/vso/v15/fr/monnaiesc6ae.html?depart=889&nbfic=1515

if you click on precedent or suivant at the top of that page you should be able to see quite a few more examples. I think the colouring of yours is mostly due to corrosion, though there is quite a lot of variation in the colours on the examples on that website.

I hope this helps! Let me know if there's any more information I can add.

best wishes
Philip

 

[wolfmanjoe3]

It's great that you were able to get an identification for the coin. I continue to be amazed at the knowledge and connections of the folks on TNet.

Congrats on finding such an old coin! I'd be ecstatic to find a 200 year old coin - much less a 2000+ year old coin.