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LOT 0710
Romano-British Bronze Chariot Terret Ring
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (76.36 grams, 70.36 mm overall, 21.92 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V, USA 10 1/2, Europe 23.77, Japan 22)).
Comprising a substantial ring mounted on a short neck with tiered collars and facetted flared flange below; three radiating carinated knops, loop to the underside.
ProvenanceFound Thetford, Norfolk.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Megaw, R.& V., Celtic Art. From its Beginnings to the Book of Kells, London, 1989, item 225, for type.
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