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Roman Bronze Scallop Shell Chariot Mount Roman Bronze Scallop Shell Chariot Mount Roman Bronze Scallop Shell Chariot Mount
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LOT 0146

Roman Bronze Scallop Shell Chariot Mount

2ND CENTURY A.D.

5 in. (351 grams, 12.7 cm).

Formed as a scallop shell with integral staple and spurs developing to a ring with disc above and square-section mounting spike.

Provenance

Acquired in the 1960s.
Private collection, Rosenheim, Germany.
Private collection, England.

Literature

Cf. Boucher, S., Inventaire des Collections Publiques Françaises - 17 Vienne: Bronzes Antiques, Paris, 1971, items 658ff, pp.200-201.

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LOT 0146

Roman Bronze Scallop Shell Chariot Mount

Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)

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