Early Banded Gold Ring Money 1st Century BC
£1,450.00
Early Banded Gold Ring Money 1st Century BC
16x17x5mm, 11.68g
Ring money is considered to have originated in ancient Moesia (modern Bulgaria) around 7th century BC. Prior to the introduction of struck coinage into Celtic Europe, copper and gold rings were used as currency by Iron Age tribes. Transactions conducted by bartering goods and services, which required payment and exchange, are likely to have led to its usage.
The alternate banding may be achieved by the use strips of of a different alloy around the central core. Ring money may have been worn or attached to clothing and parallels still exist in tribal regions of the world today.
An attractive example of its type.
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