Ancient Celtic Pendant 5-1 century BC

maryus2h · Apr 7, 2015

Hello dear community, I want to present you today my latest great find.

In a forest, near a mountain river I found this beautiful Celtic pendant made from Potin which is an alloy made with copper, tin, zinc and lead and invented in the region named Gallia (latin) in western Europe by those known as Celtic people.
The pendant was given to the Bukovina History Museum for further research.

I hope you enjoy this rare find and you can also check the video of the discovery. Thank you.

metaladdict · Apr 7, 2015

Thats a modern looking thing?

maryus2h · Apr 7, 2015

It is not modern, the museum experts confirmed this. When was created the color was like silver but over time it made a black patina and a modern object canot have this patina.

Andy105 · Apr 7, 2015

Copper, tin, zinc, and lead? No corrosion/oxidation? We should make our pennies out of that, if they stayed shiny for 2,000 years in the dirt.

maryus2h · Apr 7, 2015

Read here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potin
And here same material http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/items/77408/coin-potin-coin-of-kent-ancient-britain-75-bc-50-ad

Ancient Celtic Pendant 5-1 century BC

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