INTERESTING Celtic Coin - Identification Help

[The Coin Realm 13]

Hello Everyone!

I hope you are doing well. A couple days ago, a metal detectorist was selling a few coins when I saw relatively big celtic coin in amongst them and despite not knowing a lot about celtic coinage, I purchased it (I paid £15 for it, merely a punt on my part). It is roughly 1.5cm across, and weighs around 4 grams, and feels very heavy for a coin of it's size. It does have a very thin harline crack as you see in the photos but feels very complete and stable. The more I look at it, the more interesting it seems. At first I thought it was made of silver but the more I look, the more I see a gold tone. This got me thinking, the weight...the colour...maybe a pale gold stater? Probably my imagination running wild however it looks very interesting and I be extremely grateful if someone with more knowledge would take a look and let me know what they think. Even if it's just silver or a mix of metals, I would love to know more about it, e.g period, tribe etc...does it look authentic?

Thank you all so much in advance! Look forward to hearing from you.

Kindest Regards

[Iannich48 202]

Hi there, I am no expert about these coins, but if that is verdigree, then it is at least partially copper, so probably not gold.

[Martinminerva 353]

With the splits in the outer and the copper core showing through, this appears to be a contemporary copy/forgery which would have been clad in a more precious metal but with a base core to resemble a full piece. As long as there has been currency there has been forgery!!

[jelida 1,373]

It appears to have been cast in a strip mould, in the same fashion as Potin coins, though I do not recognise it as a British Potin, so if genuine probably Continental Iron Age. More likely a high tin bronze, which can be quite silvery, than gold or silver.

Jerry

[The Coin Realm 13]

Thank you all so much for your insightful replies! Very helpful and informative and I am very grateful for this great forum! Have a wonderful weekend everyone.

Kindest Regards