Gold and gold-plated penannular rings

European Museums, The British Museum

Ireland, and Hampshire (Britain), about 1100-750 B.C. Gold rings like these were frequently decorated using wire and plating techniques. Their purpose is not clear. They were probably jewellery, but could also have had a value in trade and exchange. Gold and gold-plated pennanular rings, about 1150-750 B.C., Late Bronze Age, found in Ireland, and in Hampshire in 2004, and purchased through the Treasure process


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Gold and gold-plated rings
Taken on  Friday 14th of August 2015
Device: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model: SP800UZ
Tags:  circle | gold | jewelry | metal | rings | sun rays | zigzag
Genre:  1100-750 B.C.
Source:  London, United Kingdom

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