id:			144316
accession number:	1969.142
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.142
updated:		2023-03-11 20:50:47.880000

Ring Money, c. 100–50 BC. England (Ancient Britain), 1st century B.C.. Gold; diameter: 1.8 cm (11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1969.142

title:				Ring Money
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			c. 100–50 BC
creation date earliest:		-105
creation date latest:		-45
current location:		
creditline:			The Norweb Collection
copyright:			

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culture:	England (Ancient Britain), 1st century B.C.
technique:	gold
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Numismatics
type:		Coins
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Diameter: 1.8 cm (11/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1969
	opening date:   1970-01-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1969</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>English Gold Coins: Ancient to Modern Times. </em>The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1963).

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Emery May Holden Norweb (1895-1984), Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -1969
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1969-
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fun fact:
Ring money could be strung, allowing you to wear your wealth and easily carry it with you.

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wall description:
Used in the ancient world from c. 1600 BC, gold ring money was also in general use in Ireland around 100-50 BC. It was used in Britain as well but not to the same extent. This piece was found at Norman Leighton, Warwickshire, almost the central county of England. As a means of exchange, gold was scarce in Britain until successive waves of invaders from the mainland, fleeing the expanding power of the Romans, brought with them degraded staters, an ancient gold coin of the Greeks.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Emery May Norweb. English Gold Coins, Ancient to Modern Times, On Loan to the Cleveland Museum of Art from the Norweb Collection. 1968.
	page number: 	p. 1
	url:		

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IMAGES

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