Gaul - Celts Ring / Wheel Money, 6th-2nd Century BC Material: lead Size: 21.4 mm / Weight: 6.65 grams. Origin: European. Gaul. Condition: intact / Very Fine Symbolic votive wheel / ring money The wheel, or more precisely, the cart wheel, was an important symbol in historical Celtic polytheism, apparently associated with a particular god, known as the wheel-god, identified like the heaven- sun- or thunder-god, whose name is attested to be Taranis of Lucan. Numerous Celtic coins depict the same type of wheel. It is suspected that a sun cult depicted the sun as a wheel during the Bronze age in Europe. Origin: English gallery / German collection. See pictures for a better impression. Registered / insured shipping