Bring him alive to Sais, and you shall receive twenty rings of gold.'" [It is no longer a matter of question, that before the time of the Persians, and therefore at this point of our history, no money had been coined in Egypt.

The precious metals were weighed out and used as money in the shape of rings, animals, etc.

On many of the monuments we see people purchasing goods and weighing out the gold in payment; while others are paying their tribute in gold rings.
These rings were in use as a medium of payment up to the time of the Ptolemies.

Pliny XXXIII.

I.Balances with weights in the form of animals may be seen in Wilkinson.