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LOT 0321
Celtic Enamelled Bronze Chariot Lynch Pin Terminal
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (64.8 grams, 54 mm).
Square-section shank with flange and tapering bulb, disc finial with reserved comma-trumpet design and red enamelled field.
Provenance
Found Norfolk, UK.
Literature
Cf. British Museum number 1987,0404.12; East Riding of Yorkshire: Kirkburn.
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