Celtic Danube Eastern Europe 6-2CentBC Ring Wheel Money Triskeles "Coin" i44442
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Item: i44442Authentic AncientEastern EuropeCeltic Danube RegionBronze "Ring or Wheel or Roulles" Proto-money Trading Token of Triskeles Shape35mm x 10mm (2.92 grams)Circa 500-100 B.C.The ancient Celts proto-money trading tokens like this to conduct trades before the introduction of coins to the area and perhaps even afterwards.This is a type I have never seen before in the Triskeles shape.You are bidding on the exact item pictured, provided with a Certificate of Authenticity and Lifetime Guarantee of Authenticity.A triskelion or triskele (which invariably has rotational symmetry ) is a motif consisting of three interlocked spirals , three bent human legs, or three bent/curved lines extending from the center of the symbol. Both words are from Greek "τρισκέλιον" ( triskelion ) or "τρισκελής" ( triskeles ), "three-legged", from prefix "τρι-" ( tri- ), "three times" + "σκέλος" ( skelos ), "leg". Although it appears in many places and periods including 3200 BCE Newgrange , it is especially characteristic of the Celtic art of the La Tène culture of the European Iron Age .A triskelion is the symbol of Sicily , where it is called trinacria , as well as of the Isle of Man , Brittany , and the town of Füssen in Germany.Neolithic, Bronze Age, and Iron Age use in Europe Ancient greek beaked jug decorated with triple spirals Rhine Celts, electrum
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