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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3109949, member: 74834&quot;]There was little information in the OP, but now I informed myself a bit on the internet. Sorry if I doubted their authenticity, I see now this is attested for. Apparently, these bracteates are each one of a kind, in fact a type of jewels. Naturally, in their time they carried great value, like modern gold rings or brooches do also. </p><p>But coins were by definition not one of a kind: they were coined from a die or cast from a form, not hammered out individually on a sheet of gold. They had a <i>determined</i> value, to buy a cow or a loaf of bread or a month of soldiering. An exchange rate. Is there anything known about the possible use as coinage of these pieces?</p><p>By the way, is there a relation with the art style of the sceattas? The time of manufacture is interesting, between the Celtic style and the early medieval. </p><p>Also, I’d like to know diameter and weight.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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