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LOT 1711

Iron Age Celtic Enamelled Bronze Chariot Lynchpin Terminal

1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

1 1/2 in. (37.7 grams, 37 mm).

Discoid in plan with flat base, folded rim and mounting socket to underside, central enamel-filled tondo with reserved trefoil and enamel-filled roundel to the centre.

Provenance

Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Literature

Cf. the openwork mounts and fittings with La Tène designs from Stanwick published in Smith, R.A., British Museum Guide to Early Iron Age Antiquities 1925, reprinted Ipswich, 1994, p.138-42.

CONDITION

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LOT 1711

Iron Age Celtic Enamelled Bronze Chariot Lynchpin Terminal

Sold for (Inc. bp): £364

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