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A COLLECTORS RING.

THIS LISTING IS FOR A VERY RARE ANCIENT BRONZE CELTIC PROTO MONEY 4 KNOBED RING. EACH A UNIQUE BLACK STONE IN COLOR. ZOOM PICTURES SHOW THIS VERY WELL. A VERY FINE EXAMPLE FOR COLLECTORS. ORIGIONAL PATINA. SOME OF THE ORIGIONAL CLAY, AS FOUND, CAN STILL BE SEEN ALL AROUND RING. (SEE PICTURES) A NICE BONUS FOR COLLECTORS.

THE CELTS: ALTHOUGH THE HISTORY OF PRE-CELTIC EUROPE REMAINS UNCERTAIN, THE COMMON ROOT OF THE CELTIC LANGUAGES, A LANGUAGE KNOWN AS PROTO-CELTIC, AROSE IN THE LATE BRONZE AGE. A UNIFIED CULTURE OF CENTRAL EUROPE, WHICH FLOURSHED FROM AROUND 1200 B.C.E. THE BARTER SYSTEM AND TRADE AMOUNG TRIBES WAS COMMON AND THE USE OF THE PROTO MONEY RING. VARIOUS DESIGNS AND TYPES CAN BE FOUND AND VARIED BY TRIBE AND LOCATION. THE LARGER CORE HALLSTATT TERRITORY IN THE 6TH. CENTURY B.C.E. EXTENDED THROUGH MOST OF CENTURAL EUROPE AND WAS VERY AFFLUENT. THE PROTO MONEY RING WAS THE MOST COMMON FORM OF TRADE BEFORE COINAGE. 1200 - 700 B.C.E. 

THE ENTIRE CELTIC HISTORY IS A FASCINATING STUDY AND EXTENDS TO MODERN TIMES WITH A RICH CULTURAL HISTORY. I RECOMEND A WONDERFUL BOOK ON CELTIC ART 'FROM IT'S BEGINNINGS TO THE BOOK OF KELLS' BY RUTH AND VINCENT MEGAW. PUBLISHED BY THAMES & HUDSON. THE REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION. YOU MAY FIND IT ONLINE. A MUST HAVE FOR ANY CELTIC ENTHUSIAST.

  

 

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