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LOT 1174

Sold for (Inc. bp): £247

IRON AGE CELTIC ANTHROPOMORPHIC VOTIVE FIGURE
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (1.47 grams, 38 mm).

A bronze amuletic figure of a nude male standing with arm to the sides, collar to the neck, large bulbous head, loop to the rear for use as a pendant.

PROVENANCE:
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Bramber, near Horsham, West Sussex, UK, on Friday 1st August 2014.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.

Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme report no.SUSS-F6B98D.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Boucher, S., Inventaire des Collections Publiques Françaises - 17 Vienne: Bronzes Antiques, Paris, 1971, item 191, for type.

CONDITION
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