Ave!
A form of so-called ring money, I think. SC
"So-called" is exactly right.
Celtic Ring Money is also a rather dubious term, as well.
Nearly all, presented online, as such, ARE NOT
ring money,
nor Celtic in any manner.
They are mainly mis-attributed common
Roman harness or armor
rings or similar. 1st photo.
The current thought is that such
Celtic artifacts were sold/marketed by
weight alone, but is that correct? I'm not convinced.
Over these many years, I
had had the pleasure to examine any number of such artifacts, and all were ground found in the same
Celtic settlement south of the river Drava in Croatia.
To my mind, anyway, it is self-evident, that most of them were
cast to worn as beads, necklace adornments, bracelets, or
jewelry in one manner or another, and would certainly have been attached to a thong and worn as either a necklace pendent or one of many on a bracelet.
Celtic women, just like now, enjoyed shiny objects to wear and adorn themselves to not only add to them to their attractiveness, but also to their status. The more adornments the better.
Now back to marketing/value of such, I truly believe it was the
Celtic wife's who convinced their husbands to buy such for them...maybe no matter the
price.
Just my thoughts,
Kevin