Help identifying Celtic (?) coin please

[Paddy]

Can anyone point me in the right direction for this coin? Came to me as "unidentified Celtic". Looking through Spink and Mack the closest I can get is Regni uninscribed, but not an exact match.

It appears to be Copper, measures about 11mm across and weighs 1.89g.

Thanks!

[Paddy]

I had forgotten about this query as I got answers on another forum. It is, sadly, a fake and apparently there are lots in a similar style on Ebay at present. I returned it to the auction house for a full refund.

 

[DrP]

What is supposed to be?  Potin of some kind? Eppilus? I can't identify them for toffee.

[Paddy]

I don't believe it actually copies any specific Celtic coin, it is just done in that style, which just adds to the difficulty in calling it out as a fake.

[ColdHands]

@Paddy I'm not really an expert hence l don't post on this forum much at all. However, l get the feeling there's opportunity for fakers because of the indefinite pause before anyone can say it's unrelated to anything historical.

 

There would be an indefinite pause while people look it up and try to find a match, because the Celts seem to have been making crude copies of Greek coins, especially crude in north west Europe and Britain. The front facea seem to have been known for often meaningless patterns (c.f. intricate designs on modern currency to hamper forgery). So, there's a lot of ambiguity for a faker to draw on. Then the indefinite pause before they get called out for faking it.

 

[Paddy]

Wrong thread!

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Paddy
Wrong thread!