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LOT 1286
European Iron Age Celtic Bronze Strap Junction
CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
1 3/8 in. (10.3 grams, 34 mm).
Sub-circular in plan with an openwork body featuring a central triangle with scooped sides with pellet to centre and knop to each corner. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK collection, early 1990s and before.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
From a private collection, Lancashire, UK.
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Iron Age British Catuvellauni Bronze Celtic Strap Junction
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Decorated with two opposed crescent moons (found frequently on the early gold coins of the Catuvellauni, e.g. ABC 2442, 2445, 2508, 2511, 2514, 2550-74). 21 grams, 33 mm
Found Buckinghamshire, UK. Ex Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s. Collection number CE18. Accompanied by a Chris Rudd information card.
Chris Rudd has collected ancient coins and antiquities since the 1940s. As an amateur archaeologist he found many himself at Badbury Rings, Dorset, 1952-53. He also dug at Hod Hill with Professor Sir Ian Richmond and at Wroxeter with Dame Kathleen Kenyon and Dr Graham Webster. Today he is best known as a Celtic coin dealer. His catalogues have been described as ‘an important research source’ by Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe and ‘treasure houses of delight’ by Dr Anne Ross. Coins and artefacts associated with Chris Rudd – as a collector, dealer and valuer – can be seen in The British Museum and other museums. This collection was formed since the 1970s. -
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Mount
Circa 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Of trilobite form, composed of three hemispherical lugs orbiting a central dome, the lugs with remains of enamel fill. 5 grams, 24 mm
Found Cambridgeshire, UK in the 1980s. -
Iron Age British Celtic Catuvellauni Bronze Fastener
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Or clothes fastener, boss-and-loop type. 10.44 grams, 35 mm
Found Higham Ferrers, Northants, UK. Ex Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s. Collection number CE34. Accompanied by a Chris Rudd information card.
Chris Rudd has collected ancient coins and antiquities since the 1940s. As an amateur archaeologist he found many himself at Badbury Rings, Dorset, 1952-53. He also dug at Hod Hill with Professor Sir Ian Richmond and at Wroxeter with Dame Kathleen Kenyon and Dr Graham Webster. Today he is best known as a Celtic coin dealer. His catalogues have been described as ‘an important research source’ by Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe and ‘treasure houses of delight’ by Dr Anne Ross. Coins and artefacts associated with Chris Rudd – as a collector, dealer and valuer – can be seen in The British Museum and other museums. This collection was formed since the 1970s.
