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Very rare Roman bronze bell found in Britain at Aldborough near Great North road, North Yorkshire, Roman town and pre that Brigantes Citadel. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Aldborough was built on the site of a major Romano-British town, Isurium Brigantum. The Brigantes, the most populous Celtic tribe in the area at the time of the Roman occupation of Britain, used the settlement as a capital. Isurium may also have been the base of the Roman Legio VIIII Hispana. Legio IX Hispana ("9th Legion – Spanish"), also written Legio nona Hispana or Legio VIIII Hispana, was a legion of the Imperial Roman army that existed from the 1st century BC until at least AD 120. The legion fought in various provinces of the late Roman Republic and early Roman Empire. It was stationed in Britain following the Roman invasion in 43 AD. The legion disappears from surviving Roman records after c. AD 120 and there is no extant account of what happened to it. 35mm tall, 20mm width,
Britain - roman bronze bell		Bronze bell cast arround the date of the Second Council of Nicaea met in 787 Bell high = 27 mm, [38mm total, 38mm dimeter at base], with a very nice patina, no clapper.
Byzantine bell		Black Sea area. Cast circa 500-400 BC. Ancient Celtic bronze bell Proto Money. Rare example of the wide variety of Celtic bronze Proto-Money, used as currency before the introduction of the coins in the Eastern Danube region and the Black sea area by the Eastern Celts. Beautiful patina. Length: 22 mm. Origin: aquisition from Ancient Caesar House US - 2009
Celtic Bell Proto Money
Clopoţei de bronz turnaţi de celţii dunăreni în sec. III - II BC. Found in Austria În decursul ultimelor cinci secole î.Hr. celții s-au răspândit în toată Europa Centrală. Astfel, există urme arheologice de așezări celte din secolul al III-lea î.Hr. și în spațiul carpato-dunărean, de exemplu în România, în Transilvania la Fântânele, Oradea, Ciumești, Silivaș, Apahida. *** Two bronze bells poured by the Danube Celts in 300 to 200 BC (uncleaned) During the last five centuries BC Celts have spread throughout Central Europe. Thus, there are archaeological traces of Celtic settlements from the third century BC and in the Carpatho-Danubian space, for example in Romania, in Transylvania at Fântânele, Oradea, Ciumeşti, Silivaş, Apahida.
Celtic bronze bells		Ancient Celtic Proto Money Pendant Bronze, Circa 600 BC Very Rare weight-8,78gr - diameter-24mm - height-40mm
Celtic pendant		Ancient bronze bell with ornate embossed and circle design around a pear shape bell. Origin: China Sui Dinasty Cast: VI to VIII century a.D. 68mm tall, approx 52mm max. diameter, nice unusual item green tinge to bell Spiral and floral reliefs.
China pear bell
Chu Gong Jia yongzhong is stylistically datable to arround the first half of the ninth century B.C. It belong to Chu Culture - Eastern Zhou period as a bel yongzhong type. Description Height: 14cm / 5.5inch Weight: 267g Materials: Pure Copper Condition: Very Good My bell looks like the chime bells of Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng.
Chu Gong Jia yongzhong 		I believe it is cast iron but it could be another cast metal. Measures 140 mm tall. It is a very odd little bell with the dinger on the outside. The construction looks to be old, aprox 2,nd century a.D. Another one like this was find in Pompeii, gold cast. I suspect it is so the bell can be used as a candle snuffer. It looks like it may have been used for that purpose. The handle appears to be a crane.
Crane Bell		A bronze bell cast in Dacia Romana (2,nd to 3,rd century C.e.). Diameter - 30 / 26 mm; Height - 49 mm; Weight - 32,12 grams. Aquired by an eBay auction from Germany.
Dacia Romana bell
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