On this copper alloy plate is a male face in profile. Despite the careful rendering of detail, this is not a portrait, as similar depictions are known on the visors of ceremonial helmets dating from the Roman period. The identity of man is however materializedby the presence of a growth on the cheek. The inscription indeed allows us to assume that this object was offered by a certain Gellius Bellus to the Gallic god Videtillus to thank him for having rid him of this anomaly.
Inscription Deo Videtillo Gell(ius?) Bellus / u(otum) s(oluit) l(ibens) m(erito) "To the god Videtillus, Gellius (?) Bellus fulfilled his vow heartily, as is only right."
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