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LOT 1181
Iron Age Celtic Bell
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (178 grams, 95 mm).
A bronze hand bell with waisted profile, hole to accept a separate clapper and trapezoidal lug to the upper face with circular hole; section of rim absent. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired before 2000.
From the collection of a European gentleman living in the UK.
See Hamshere, J.D., Colonization and the Evolution of Rural Settlement in Worcestershire, Prior to 1349, Ph.D. thesis, University of Birmingham; Nash-Williams, V. E., The Early Christian Monuments of Wales, Cardiff, 1950.
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Iron Age Celtic Bell
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
A bronze hand bell with waisted profile, hole to accept a separate clapper and trapezoidal lug to the upper face with circular hole; section of rim absent. 178 grams, 95 mm
Acquired before 2000. From the collection of a European gentleman living in the UK. -
Iron Age Celtic Silver Double-Axe Pendant
Circa 3rd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
A double-headed silver axehead with oval socket and wedge-shaped heads of different sizes. 5.9 grams, 43 mm
Acquired before 2000. From the collection of a European gentleman living in the UK. -
Iron Age Celtic Anthropomorphic Votive Figure
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
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. 1.47 grams, 38 mm
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.
