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