Ancient pieces of rings, protomoney and buckle clasps circa 4BCE, 7AD/CE.
Celtic, Roman,Viking and Greeco Bactrian artifacts. Pieces of protomoney would have sometimes been broken in half much as coins were.Most merchant's were basing the price of materials on denominational weight and metal material instead of an exact price as we do today.Romans had what was calledsacking ritesafter they would conquer a people's.Most lower soldiers would split the spoils of war with their piers giving way to allot of broken pieces of looted treasure.This is how the generals would pay their soldiers as well. It was and still is an extremely brutal practice.Please know it is still in practice when and where war breaks out to this very day.Is it legal, NO?!Does it still happen in modern warfare!?Of course it does.As humans do have accidents,pieces also break from daily use and just simply fall apart.