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Late Bronze Age
Gold Penannular Ring
青銅器時代晚期
玦形金環
Item number: A1419
Year: 1000-600 BC
Material: Gold-Copper Alloy
Size: 17.6 x 17.1 x 5.1 mm
Weight: 12.5 g
Provenance: Private Collector, UK, 2017
This is a Gold Penannular Ring, minted between 1000 and 600 BC, during the Late Bronze Age of the British Isles.
This type of notched Gold Penannular Ring has been widely unearthed in regions such as Ireland, southern England, and Wales. The material is predominantly a gold-copper alloy. Archaeologists believe that these rings served not only as ornaments but also as a primitive form of currency used in exchange.
In the prehistoric era, before the invention of writing, artisans skilled in metallurgy and metalworking often held the dual role of craftsmen and shamans. To other members of their communities, these individuals possessed the ability to communicate with nature and the divine, as they could transform natural materials into entirely new objects, a process perceived as both technical and mystical.