Code: 12473
This is a large bronze decorated Celtic terret with intact hoop for attachment of a rein. This type of terret would have been used to guide the reins on a chariot to a pair of horses. This would date to the Gallic Wars with Julius Caesar.
OBJECT: Chariot Terret
CULTURE: Late La Tene
DATE: c. 130 - 30 BC
MATERIAL: Bronze
SIZE: 61.6mm x 50mm x 13.4mm (skirt 34,7mm)
WEIGHT: 123.87 grams
PROVENANCE: Formerly in a European Private Collection, Chambourcy. France