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LOT 1695
Celtic Bronze Decorated Chariot Teret Mount
IRON AGE, 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (66.2 grams, 57 mm).
Comprising a substantial ring mounted on a short neck with tiered collars and facetted flared flange below; three radiating carinated knops, loop to the underside. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound East Anglia, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Megaw, R.& V., Celtic Art. From its Beginnings to the Book of Kells, London, 1989, item 225, for type.
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