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| Keywords: Celtic ring money.jpg Ring-money peculiar to the Celtic nations undoubtedly existed in Ireland previous to the domination of the Romans in Britain Although Cæsar says that the ancient Britons had no coined money there is sufficient probability that they had their metal plates for purposes of currency such being occasionally found in English barrows The Ring-money Fig 69 has been found in great quantities in Ireland of bronze of silver and of gold The rings vary in weight; but they are all exact multiples of a standard unit showing that a uniform principle regulated their size and that this was determined by their use as current coin p 22 cite book Knight Charles http //www fromoldbooks org/OldEngland/pages/0069-Group-of-Ring-Coins/ Old England A Pictorial Museum 1845 1845 Knight Charles PD-Art Primitive money Celtic coins Finger rings | ||||
