Iron Age Money Ring??

[Trockett]

This was found in North Denmark. From what ive seen on the Net, its an iron age money ring.. meaning what they used befor the money we know today.. As you can see its Hollow, think its Bronze, very small and Very lite... Ofcourse i broke it when digging it up ... Ew... Not sure of age... maybe over 1000 yrs -2000yrs

But not 100% sure, and thats why im here on the BEST site ive found yet on the WHOLE internet .... Thanks and Nice one... ;

 

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[jan nielsen]

I have never heard about a money ring from the iron age that wasn't gold or silver, and they tend not to be hollow. I would say something for a pocketwatch chain.

 

[Trockett]

Hi, thanks for your reply... Google.. Bronze Age money ring, and search under Pictures... This is why today you buy your lover a Gold/Silver Ring... it stems from back then.

 

[jan nielsen]

Simple bronze rings, such as the above, could be used for a multitude of purposes, including fixing clothing, the manufacture of leather goods, etc. It may be stretching the truth a little bit too far to suggest that they are all*examples of ‘ring money. that is what I found, but I am really doubtful that it is either bronze age or iron age. But you can always send it to the museum and say that you found it on a field, then you will know.

 

[Trockett]

Good find Jan, and your not wrong, seem's theirs a few Idea's of what they were used for... But if you saw and felt how light and thin it is... its a wierd one..!! but interesting history as always

 

[Silver Searcher]

Not ring money, Iron age ring money was made of gold and silver only not bronze, people often list bronze one's as ring money they should be banned from ebay. Your item doesn't look old or bronze...sorry.

Julius Caesar gives us the only contemporary account of coinage in Iron Age Britain (1). In his 54 BC. report on military campaigns there, he observes: "For money they use either bronze or gold coins or iron ingots of fixed weights". This mention, tantalizingly brief, does not confirm whether he actually saw the currency he describes. However, finds of both coins and ingots today substantiate Caesar's report.


They often used two colours of metal banded together to form a pattern, some were twisted together and only very rare examples were complete circles.

We now know that the gold rings once considered a form of money all date to the Middle Bronze Age. At such an early date they can hardly have functioned as a form of money. They are now thought to have been used only as personal ornaments. They may, however, also have been used as a means of storing wealth (one of the traditional uses of money).

The gold rings surviving today occur in three varieties, all of them open-ended. The commonest variety is made from a thin, single-strand of twisted gold with plain, tapering ends. The second type, also reasonably common, is thicker and appears to be of twisted silver, with a gold-plating or wash. They have a smooth surface with the ends square-cut. This type occasionally appears with some of the gold worn off, revealing the silver core. The third type, which is extremely rare, is made of two strands of twisted gold soldered together at one point to form a double ring. The strands have plain, tapering ends, much like the first type of ring.

Large bronze rings are known from the Iron Age, and these are sometimes described as ring money. These are probably nothing more than bracelets, and are not likely to have been a form of currency. Smaller examples were probably strap-ends, and the heaviest ones may be spindle-whorls. None are likely to represent any sort of currency.

SS

 

[CRUSADER]

Agreed with SS, ebay has started a commonly held myth that these are ring money. They are not. Dad & I get on average 1 a trip & we call them ring things...lol
They had multiple uses, one being medieval horse harness rings. SS also came up with a good theory that some are 18th C cloth covered buttons. Truth is, they have been used since Roman times until modern day for lots of purposes.

 

[Trockett]

No Sorrys needed Pal.... Not looking to get rich...just to learn some History... And dont want to throw anything away that a Musium might like to have.... Thks for Reply..