![]() ![]() (2005) Iron Age 'currency bars' in Britain: Items of exchange in liminal contexts?. (1990) Iron Age 'Currency Bars' the archaeological and socialĬontext. In M Mangin (ed.) La sidérurgie ancienne de l 'Est de la France dans son contexte européen, Besançon, pp.345-350. (1994) Currency Bars in Britain, typology and function. They display tapering blades, with a variety of socket types (from long tubes with slack shoulders to short splayed tubes with wider shoulders). They are made from a high phosphorus, low carbon iron. The metal pieces are complemented by a wall of. Currency bars of this type are known from a variety of sites in south-central Britain. Our metal currencies are old, mostly 19th century, and are forged iron, cast or hammered copper or other alloys. About 500 are known, including several large hoards and many individual finds. ![]() This currency bar is of the Danebury/HodHill type (see Crew 1994). 1990, 2005) has argued that currency bars may have been intentionally deposited in liminal contexts such as enclosure ditches. These features also served to show that the iron was high quality and could be smithed into complex forms. The rolled and pinched ends, which occur in a variety of different types, may signify different types of iron (e.g. Iron bars of standard weights have been found at many southern British sites. Following his raids on south-east Britain in 55 and 54 BC, Caesar commented: "They use either gold or bronze coinage or, instead of coinage, iron bars weighed out precisely." (Caesar’s Gallic War, 5.12). Curator's comments Currency bars such as this may have been used as a form of trade iron in the middle to late Iron Age in southern Britain. ![]()
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