Early Ring Money

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 4. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CELTIC, Britain. Ring money. Circa 1150-750 BC. AV 36mm diameter (1.96 g). Single shaft of gold with multiple twists and pointed terminals, the whole curved into a ring. Van Arsdell p. 61, fig. 1-1; LHS 100, lot 1. Good VF, a few minor marks.