Auction: 25121 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 40: British and World Coins, Medals and Artefacts - e-Auction
Lot: 1854
Bronze Age (First Millennium BC), Gold Coiled Ring Money, graduated hoop ring of cable pattern with finely tapered ends, diameter: 26mm, 3.59g [55.40grns], [Spink XRF: 80.97% Gold; 15.81% Silver; 3.21% Copper] (Mike Cuddeford, 'Ring Money - Fact or Fiction', BNS, 2018; cf. LaRiviere, Spink 2006, lot 1), likely used as a hair ornament, earring or as part of a bracelet or bangle, as well as being a store of wealth, of very fine workmanship
Provenance
The Tony Abramson Collection
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Sold for
£1,100
Starting price
£550