Celtic Runes Metal Box

Saw this today but was not sure if it is worth buying because it does not look very old to me.
Any thoughts
Thanks

 

That writing is very familiar .......... that , or I've been watching too much History channel...!

 

Certainly Celtic runes. It's a repro of something that is niggling in my head. Sarcophagus or treasure box in the British Museum, I think. No older than the last three decades.

 

I think the Celts never used runes. Runes are a Germanic thing, so maybe it is meant to be Anglo-Saxon or more likely Viking...

 

Found it, it is a copy of the Gandersheim Casket, which is believed to be Anglo-Saxon, but was kept in a monastery in Germany.
http://kulturerbe.niedersachsen.de/viewer/objekt/isil_DE-MUS-026819_opal_herzanulm_kunshe_MA58/1/
and, amongst other things, on this site: http://www.arild-hauge.com/eanglor.htm

 

Google on Ogham.

As to "Celtic" runes, they're used on tombs and such in Northern Scotland. Imported, yes, but used by locals.

 

If you like it and want to have it hanging around, buy it. Otherwise, these kinds of replicas don't go for much.