Celtic Danube Eastern Europe 500BC Pre Coin TRISKELES MONEY Trading Token i48910

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Item: i48910Authentic AncientEastern Europe Celtic Tribes of the Danube RegionBronze Proto-money Trading Token of "Triskeles Money"20mm x 15mm (5.60 grams)Circa 500-300 B.C.The ancient Celts used proto-money trading tokens like this to conduct trades before the introduction of coins to the area and possibly even afterwards, at least for trade between each other. This is called triskeles money because of it's shape and is a name that could be assigned to it. The ancient Celts would carry this type of money on a string around their body such as in a necklace fashion. A benefit to this type of money is that it allowed for a basic unit of exchange above barter, perhaps of a type recognized as money for a certain region. This allowed for the basic the benefits of money as it is used in today's world and the ability to have a flourishing free market economy. An important part of ancient history of money as it developed and progressed. Very rare type as most Celtic proto-money is what is known as "wheel money" or "ring money" along with second most plentiful being "bell money".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 'regenboogschoteltje' or rainbow cup with triskele The flag of Sicily , featuring the triskelion symbol revived by Joachim Murat The flag of the Isle of Man , is composed solely of a triskele against a red background Flag of Ust-Orda Buryat OkrugThe triskelion symbol appears in many early cultures, the first in Malta and in the astronomical calendar at the famous megalithic tomb of Newgrange in Ireland built around 3200 BC, Mycenaean vessels, on coinage in Lycia , and on staters of Pamphylia (at Aspendos , 370-333 BC) and Pisidia . It appears as a heraldic emblem on warriors' shields depicted on Greek pottery.Familiar as an ancient symbol of Sicily , the symbol dates back to when Sicily was part of Magna Graecia , the colonial extension of Greece beyond the Aegean . [8] Pliny the Elder attributes the origin of the triskelion of Sicily to the triangular form of the island, the ancient Trinacria (from the Greek tri- (three) and akra (end, limb)), which consists of three large capes equidistant from each other, pointing in their respective directions, the names of which were Pelorus , Pachynus , and Lilybæum . [ citation needed ]The Celtic symbol of three conjoined spirals may have had triple significance similar to the imagery that lies behind the triskelion. The triple spiral motif is a Neolithic symbol in Western Europe. It is considered a Celtic symbol but is in fact a pre-Celtic symbol. It is carved into the rock of a stone lozenge near the main entrance of the prehistoric Newgrange monument in County Meath , Ireland . Newgrange , which was built around 3200 BC, predating the Celtic arrival in Ireland but has long since been incorporated into Celtic culture.Area Where the Danube Area Celts would have been locatedThe Danube is a river in Central Europe , the European Union 's longest and the continent 's second longest (after the Volga ).Classified as an international waterway , it originates in the town of Donaueschingen --w... read more

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