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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Themes & Provenance| > |Numismatics| > |Ring Money| > SH54756
Celts, Danube Region, Bronze Ring Money, c. 800 - 100 B.C.
|Ring| |Money|, |Celts,| |Danube| |Region,| |Bronze| |Ring| |Money,| |c.| |800| |-| |100| |B.C.|, Ring money of bronze, of silver, and of gold was used by the Celts in trade from Ireland to the Danube region. The dating of Celtic ring money is uncertain. Some authorities date the use of ring money from as early as 800 B.C. and it may have been used as late as 100 B.C. Some believe the bronze rings are actually just strap fittings, not a trade currency. Bronze rings are, however, sometimes found in quite large hoards and, in Spain, they are sometimes found with silver bar and disk ingots, and with 2nd century B.C. denarii of the Roman Republic. Undoubtedly they were used as fittings but they were also undoubtedly used as a store of wealth and for trade.
SH54756. Bronze Ring Money, Victoor -, see Topalov Apollonia II p. 104 - 105 for similar type, Choice VF, weight 18.636g, maximum diameter 33.4mm, extremely rare and interesting piece; apparently unpublished; SOLD










REFERENCES|

Alvarez-Burgos, F. La Moneda Hispanica desde sus origines hasta el Siglo V. (Madrid, 2008).
Topalov, S. Apollonia Pontica: Contribution to the Study of the Coin Minting of the City 6th - 1st c. B.C. (Sofia, 2007).
Victoor, R. Roulles Celtes et Objets Assimilés. (Rosendaël-lez-Dunkerque, 1989).

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