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Numismatic and History Discussion Forums => Celtic, Barbaric & Tribal Imitative Coins Discussion Forum => Topic started by: Rugser on August 24, 2004, 08:30:06 pm
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Hi to all
A question perhaps foolish.
Are these rings of bronze classifiable like Celtic Ring money?
Thank
ser
Ring # 1 diameter mm 22
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Ring # 2 diameter mm 28
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Ring # 3 diameter mm16
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Ring # 4 diameter mm 35
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The only classification that I know are descriptive e.g. metal (gold, silver, bronze) and the number of knobs on the ring. While yours is smooth, many have knobs which was probably an indication of relative value. I'll attach some examples.
Regards, Bob Porter
Silver with three knobs:
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25 knobbed bronze
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hello
see my homepage
http://members.home.nl/lngoressen/index.htm
please send my your photo's of ring money or Rouelle's and I wil put them on my homepage.
thanks
mvg aureum
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what about these 3? authentic? i want a part of the celtic past :D and a good price for $10?
andrew
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Andrew, it looks like a good deal to me. If you can win this for $10, that means about $3 for 1 piece. I must say, many celtic coin collectors and pro's (like Chris Rudd from UK) do suggest that those rings aren't in fact money, but that they are cult objects instead.
So there are different opinons about it. But one way or the other, for $10 you could own a marvellous piece of ancient european history.
Grtz ;),
Nico
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well nico, i did win a piece of celtic ring money :D . here is the link, and below is a pic.
andrew
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Hello Andrew,
good job ;).
It's a bargain for that price.
I deleted the link to ebay, you know ;).
Congrats,
Nico
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Celtic rouelles... I find them sooo beautifull....
Below example comes from the collection of a famous Dutch collectionneur:
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wow! ive never seen those before! nice!
andrew
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The 'knobby' rings and spoked wheels seem all to come from Gaul. The plain rings are more often found in present day Belgium and Southern Netherlands. As far as I know they don't occur in Germany. Decorated rouelles are nearly always cast, the heavy rings too, but the small rings were cut out of copper plate.
Frans