Celtic ring money?

[Templar09]

Hello

Look what i found. Well,i found it on my favorite hunting spot some time ago but i didnt take attention on it. When i found my first celtic silver and try to ID it, i coincidentaly found some samples of ring money. Than i remember that some time ago i found similar ring. I was hoping that i didnt throw it away...and find it and now its time to take a close look. I scratch it a bit (i cant resist ). Well,the picture are not perfect (because of cloudy weather) but i can see a gold-like yellow color. It measures 3.3 cm and its pretty heavy! Could it be? Any help is welcome.

Regards

 

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[Ant]

How did they form a money ring back then? I see evidence of casting or some kind of mechanical or pressure forming of that ring. In your photo I pointed out what might be cast flashing but it seems to be a little thick. That's me thinking about this issue, hehehehe.

 

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[Montana Jim]

This might be of interest:

http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/articles/celticrings/celticrings.htm

Interesting...

 

[Templar09]

This might be of interest:

http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/articles/celticrings/celticrings.htm

Interesting...

Yes, it is interesting, most of all that PBK and Ant are pointing that its a fake. I wonder guys, if you find a ring like this in area like i hunt, let me say - there,where an old Celt long time ago sleept and farted,directly near old house foundation (2400 years old)...how would you feel about this? ...what is this? A Celtic ring money? Oh no,no way,cant be...

 

[PBK]

Yes, it is interesting, most of all that PBK and Ant are pointing that its a fake.

Whoa! Easy there, Templar! I'm not saying anything about it one way or the other... just passing along a link that I think is worth a look. I have no idea whether your find is an authentic example of Celtic ring money or not; however, as you say, it was made at a site which would seem to support that possibility. I'll be more than happy to remove my post if you like— but it certainly wasn't intended to offend.

Best regards,
PBK

 

[gemee]

Templar, your ring is a Rare ribbed Celtic ring money (5th-1st cent. BC).



There........is this what you want to hear?

 

[Ant]

This might be of interest:

http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/articles/celticrings/celticrings.htm

Interesting...

Yes, it is interesting, most of all that PBK and Ant are pointing that its a fake. I wonder guys, if you find a ring like this in area like i hunt, let me say - there,where an old Celt long time ago sleept and farted,directly near old house foundation (2400 years old)...how would you feel about this? ...what is this? A Celtic ring money? Oh no,no way,cant be...

I'm not saying or insinuation that it's fake either. I was pointing out features or evidence that I see as to it's manufacture. I know nothing about money rings so I can't make a statement like that.

From the photo I can confidently say that it's not gold and has cast flashing or a extruded ring around it from being formed in a press or hammer die.