The word "treasure"
The question is not "would it occur to Celeborn to use 'treasure' to refer to his wife?", but "would it occur to Tolkien to use the word in that way?" - to which I think the answer is probably 'yes'.
I also like Ibrin's idea that Celeborn may have alternatively been referring to his realm, because that contrasts well with Aragorn's situation.
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