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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aaron Apfel, post: 4513764, member: 67415&quot;]Those look really cool! I don&#039;t know much about Celtic ring money, but from what I&#039;ve heard there is often speculation if it should really be considered money. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure how anyone can determine whether many of these items are even Celtic. I believe there is a high probability that they are often just the remains of another item. I.e. part of some clothing where the leather or cloth has rotten away leaving just the metal ring. That bottom left one would seem to fit this quite well as there seems to be a lot more to it than just a ring. Post-Celtic people certainly manufactured similar metal rings for various purposes, so who knows what they really are and what time period they come from. In ancient times (I&#039;m generalizing a bit here) metals like bronze would have had a significant innate value, so these items may very well have been traded as &#039;money&#039; regardless as to their original purpose. I imagine having the context of where they were found would be crucial in really understanding what they are.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sure someone who knows more on the subject than me can shed some light on what exactly you have there, they look interesting![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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