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LOT 0651
Large Romano-British Bronze Chariot Terret
1ST CENTURY A.D.
6 1/2 in. (365 grams, 16.5 cm).
From the yoke of a chariot comprising a D-section ring, collar and knop-ended crescents, broad pierced lateral flanges. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Reputed to have been excavated near Viables in Hampshire at the end of the 19th century.
From the estate of the late Jennifer Simmonds.
Acquired from Jacobs & Hunt auctioneers, Petersfield, Hampshire, UK.
Literature
See discussion in Spratling, M.G., Southern British Decorated Bronzes of the Late Pre-Roman Iron Age, Institute of Archaeology, 1972.
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