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LOT 1315
Romano-Celtic Bronze Chariot Terret Fitting
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (68 grams, 66 mm).
Comprising a substantial ring mounted on a short neck with flared flange below and loop to the underside. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, 1970s.
From the collection of Alan Hardcastle.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
Literature
Cf. Megaw, R.& V., Celtic Art. From its Beginnings to the Book of Kells, London, 1989, item 225.
Footnotes
The ring shows very uneven wear with one lower edge much thinner than the other.
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