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LOT 0309
'The Kilburn' Iron Age Celtic Bovine Bowl Mount
CIRCA 100 B.C.-300 A.D.
2 5/8 in. (80.8 grams, 68 mm).
A substantial head with a convex front and concave back with a loop above, pierced eye sockets to accept glass inserts with one in situ; large projecting horns curving forwards in front of the ears; remains of two ferrous rivets to the reverse.
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector near North Yorkshire, UK, in 3 August 2020, by Mark Didlick.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-76CAE2.
Cf. Portable Antiquities Scheme record nos.SF-536544, SOM-2F31A3, LVPL2152, WAW-DCDC43, WAW-F4DF95, for bucket fittings of BV Group 9b (two rivet); cf. also the British Museum, accession no.1962,0706.1, for a bucket fitting of same type; see also Portable Antiquities Scheme reference nos.LEIC-EF14F5 and FAKL-DE7417, for eye inserts.
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