Copper-alloy, 49.30 grams, 63.91 mm. 1st century BC - 1st century AD. The purpose of the terret ring was to guide the reins of the horse-team as they pulled the chariot. British chariots were a feared weapon of the later Iron Age and are mentioned in Roman sources (e.g. Tacitus's Agricola and Caesar's De Bello Gallico) and remains of the vehicles have been found in high-status burials, such as the famous example at Wetwang (Yorkshire). The present terret ring is an elliptical hoop with three collared lobes emerging from the upper section; the lower bulbs were part of the securing mechanism which fixed the terret to the chariot. Reference: see Riding Into History in British Archaeology, no.76, 2004 and Bradley, C.M. The British War Chariot: A Case for Indirect Warfare in The Journal of Military History, vol.73 no.4, 2009. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Attleborough, Norfolk.