As a goldsmith fascinated by the earliest technology I am intrigued by this find and again thank you for being such a wonderful source of information.

I wonder how those miniature rings were made. I would have thought it was easier to cast them by the lost wax process rather than weld them individually. Soldering each one would have been possible but not very efficient and most of the techniques involved were invented later, though it is certainly possible and they may have used similar techniques to the ones the Etruscans used later for granulation, which doesn't involve solder at all.

I reckon those little rings were probably used as currency. I hope there'll be a bit more info about them soon.

Thanks again for pointing me in an interesting direction,

Many regards,

Eleanor