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LOT 1652
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Terret Terminal and Ring Money Collection
2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 1 3/8 in. (63 grams total, 10-37 mm).
Including a bronze finial with lobed disc panel, ring with biconvex profile and other items; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
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LOT 1652
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Terret Terminal and Ring Money Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Iron Age Celtic Corieltauvi Bronze Zoomorphic Chariot Lynch Pin Terminal
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Modelled as a sow or boar with alert ears and long snout, conical body with ferrous remains. 23.6 grams, 34 mm
Found Lincolnshire, UK. From the private collection of a Northern Irish gentleman. -
'The Frampton' Iron Age Celtic Durotriges Enamelled Bronze Horse Harness Cheek Piece
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,680
Round in section with flattened centre and a ellipsoid slot to accept a strap; decorated along one face with reserved La Tène style comma-leaf swirls on recessed fields inlaid with red enamel, sinuous incised line connecting the cells at each end. 83 grams, 10.4 cm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Frampton, West Dorset, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.DOR-D0EAC4. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12285-219047. -
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Horse Head Finial
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Amuletic stylised horse-head with ring-and-dot eyes, long tapering muzzle; loop broken. 9.5 grams, 31 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.