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LOT 1166
Iron Age Celtic Chariot Reign Guide Ring Pair
3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
3 3/4 - 4 in. (275 grams total, 9.4-10 cm wide).
Comprising two rings, one with an attachment bar with bulbous body, rectangular bar with attachment holes below. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found near Wetwang, East Yorkshire, UK.
Acquired from Spink, York, UK, 2009.
Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
Accompanied by an old handwritten identification slip including provenance.
Literature
Cf. Allen, S., Celtic Warrior 300 BC-AD 100, Oxford, 2001, pp.44-45, 57.
Footnotes
Celtic horse harness and chariot fittings were finely worked and decorated to emphasise the status of the warrior and the reverence of the horse as a living symbol of the sun god. Bits, lynch pins and terrets were made of iron and bronze.
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