The ‘Good Money’ Collection of Irish Hammered Coins

First Millennium BC, Ring Money, a solid penannular cable-twist gold band of plain metal with finely tapered ends, 3.49g, 21mm (VA 1-3; cf. LaRiviere, lot 2). Good very fine and of fine workmanship £800-£1,000

Found near Carrickfergus (Co. Antrim), c. 1940; bt C.J. Denton March 2003